Elekmania
Genus of flowering plants
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Elekmania is a genus of the tribe Senecioneae and the family Asteraceae. All species are endemic to the Caribbean island of Hispaniola, in the Dominican Republic and Haiti.[2]
| Elekmania | |
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| Elekmania barahonensis | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Subfamily: | Asteroideae |
| Tribe: | Senecioneae |
| Genus: | Elekmania B.Nord. |
| Type species | |
| E. barahonensis (Urban) B.Nord.[1] | |
| Species | |
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Taxonomy
The genus was first published by Bertil Nordenstam in Compositae Newslett. vol.44 on page 66 in 2006.[2] Most if not all of its members used to be placed in Senecio.
The genus name of Elekmania is in honour of Erik Leonard Ekman (1883–1931), who was a Swedish botanist and explorer that described the majority of Hispaniola's flora.[3]
Species
It includes 9 accepted species;[2]
- Elekmania barahonensis (Urb.) B.Nord.
- Elekmania buchii (Urb.) B.Nord.
- Elekmania fuertesii (Urb.) B.Nord.
- Elekmania haitiensis (Krug & Urb.) B.Nord.
- Elekmania kuekenthalii (Urb. & Ekman) B.Nord.
- Elekmania marciana (Urb. & Ekman) B.Nord.
- Elekmania picardae (Krug & Urb.) B.Nord.
- Elekmania samanensis (Urb.) B.Nord.
- Elekmania stenodon (Urb.) B.Nord.
