Jamesianthus is a genus of North American flowering plants in the family Asteraceae.[1][2]
Jamesianthus | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Asterales |
Family: | Asteraceae |
Subfamily: | Asteroideae |
Tribe: | Tageteae |
Subtribe: | Pectidinae |
Genus: | Jamesianthus S.F.Blake & Sherff |
Species: | J. alabamensis |
Binomial name | |
Jamesianthus alabamensis S.F.Blake & Sherff | |
The genus is named for US botanist Robert Leslie James (1897–1977).[3]
There is only one known species, Jamesianthus alabamensis, called the Alabama warbonnet.[4] It is native to the US states of Alabama and Georgia.[5][6]
Taxon identifiers | |
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Jamesianthus | |
Jamesianthus alabamensis |