Ekmania

Ekmania
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Tribe: Vernonieae
Genus: Ekmania
Gleason
Binomial name
Ekmania lepidota
(Grisebach) Gleason
Synonyms[1]

Vernonia lepidota Griseb.

Ekmania is a genus of flowering plants in the daisy family. It contains only one known species, Ekmania lepidota, endemic to Cuba.[2][3][4]

The genus is named in honor of botanist Erik L. Ekman of Harvard University.[2]

References

  1. Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
  2. 2.0 2.1 Gleason, Henry Allan. 1919. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 46: 250 descriptions in English
  3. Tropicos, Ekmania Gleason
  4. Robinson, H. 1999. Generic and subtribal classification of American Vernonieae. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 89: i–iii, 1–116.