Heiseria
Genus of plants
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Heiseria is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Asteraceae.[1]
| Heiseria | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Genus: | Heiseria E.E.Schill. & Panero |
Botanists Edward E. Schilling and José L. Panero used molecular sequences of nuclear ITS, ETS, and cpDNA to conclude that the genus Viguiera Kunth, did not constitute a monophyletic group. Among their conclusions they proposed to reclassify the genus, dividing and relocating its species in at least eleven genera: Aldama La Llave, Bahiopsis Kellogg, Calanticaria (B.L. Rob. & Greenm.) E.E. Schill. & Panero, Davilanthus E.E. Schill. & Panero, Dendroviguiera E.E. Schill. & Panero, Gonzalezia, Heliomeris Nutt., Heiseria E.E. Schill. & Panero, Hymenostephium Benth., Sidneya E.E. Schill. & Panero, and Viguiera Kunth.[2][3]
The genus name of Heiseria is in honour of Charles Bixler Heiser (1920–2010), an American professor of botany.[4] It was first described and published in Bot. J. Linn. Soc. Vol.167 on page 327 in 2011.[1]
Known species, according to Kew:[1]
- Heiseria irmscheriana (Bruns) Mesfin
- Heiseria pusilla (A.Gray) E.E.Schill. & Panero
- Heiseria simsioides (S.F.Blake) E.E.Schill. & Panero