Jamesianthus

Jamesianthus is a genus of North American flowering plants in the daisy family.[2][3]

Alabama warbonnet
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
(unranked):
Angiosperms
(unranked):
Eudicots
(unranked):
Asterids
Order:
Asterales
Family:
Asteraceae
Tribe:
Tageteae[1]
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).[4]

Species

There is only one known species, Jamesianthus alabamensis, called the "Alabama warbonnet".[5] It is native to the US states of Alabama and Georgia.[1][6]

References
  1. Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
  2. Blake, Sydney Fay & Sherff, Earl Edward. 1940. Publications of the Field Museum of Natural History, Botanical Series 22(6): 399–403
  3. Tropicos, Jamesianthus S.F. Blake & Sherff
  4. Flora of North America Vol. 21 Page 364, 365, 377 Jamesianthus S. F. Blake & Sherff
  5. Alabama Plant Atlas, Alabama Warbonnet, Jamesianthus alabamensis S.F. Blake & Sherff
  6. Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution map


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