Jacmaia
Genus of flowering plants in the daisy family Asteraceae
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Jacmaia is a genus of flowering plants in the daisy family.[2][3] This generic name is an anagram derived from Jamaica.[4]
| Jacmaia | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Subfamily: | Asteroideae |
| Tribe: | Senecioneae |
| Genus: | Jacmaia B.Nord. |
| Species: | J. incana |
| Binomial name | |
| Jacmaia incana | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Cineraria incana Sw. | |
Systematics
The genus Jacmaia comprises only one recognized species, Jacmaia incana, native to Jamaica.[1][5]
The following species, formerly included in Jacmaia,[1] are now subsumed in Jessea and Odontocline:
- Jacmaia cooperi (Greenm.) C.Jeffrey - Jessea cooperi (Greenm.) H.Rob. & Cuatrec.
- Jacmaia laciniata (Sw.) C.Jeffrey - Odontocline laciniata (Sw.) B.Nord.
- Jacmaia megaphylla (Greenm.) C.Jeffrey - Jessea megaphylla (Greenm.) H.Rob. & Cuatrec.
- Jacmaia multivenia (Benth.) C.Jeffrey - Jessea multivenia (Benth. ex Benth.) H.Rob. & Cuatrec.
