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Genus of flowering plants in the daisy family Asteraceae

Ekmania
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Cichorioideae
Tribe: Vernonieae
Genus: Ekmania
Gleason
Species: E. lepidota
Binomial name
Ekmania lepidota
(Griseb.) Gleason
Synonyms

Vernonia lepidota Griseb.

Ekmania is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. It contains only one known species, Ekmania lepidota, endemic to Cuba.

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

References

  1. Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
  2. ^ 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.
Taxon identifiers
Ekmania
Ekmania lepidota


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