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Hesperomannia

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Genus of flowering plants

Hesperomannia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Cichorioideae
Tribe: Vernonieae
Genus: Hesperomannia
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Hesperomannia (island-aster) is a genus of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae.

Hesperomannia is endemic to Hawaii and consists of four species:

Although traditionally classified in the tribe Mutisieae, molecular evidence shows that it belongs in the tribe Vernonieae, most closely related to the African Vernonia species.

References

  1. NRCS. "Hesperomannia". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 14 May 2015.
  2. Gray, Asa. 1865. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 6: 554
  3. Tropicos, Hesperomannia A. Gray
  4. ^ Hyi-Gyung Kim; Sterling C. Keeley; Peter S. Vroom; Robert K. Jansen (December 22, 1998), "Molecular evidence for an African origin of the Hawaiian endemic Hesperomannia (Asteraceae)", Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 95 (26): 15440–15445, Bibcode:1998PNAS...9515440K, doi:10.1073/pnas.95.26.15440, PMC 28061, PMID 9860987
  5. Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
  6. "Morden, C. W., & Harbin, S. C. (2013). Evolution and Biogeographic Origins of the Endemic Hawaiian Genus Hesperomannia (Asteraceae). Pacific Science, 67(2), 219-235." https://bioone.org/journals/Pacific-Science/volume-67/issue-2/67.2.6/Evolution-and-Biogeographic-Origins-of-the-Endemic-Hawaiian-Genusn-Hesperomannia/10.2984/67.2.6.short
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Hesperomannia


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