Jacmaia

Jacmaia is a genus of flowering plants in the daisy family.^[2][3] This generic name is an anagram derived from Jamaica.^[4]

Jacmaia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Subfamily:	Asteroideae
Tribe:	Senecioneae
Genus:	Jacmaia B.Nord.
Species:	J. incana
Binomial name
Jacmaia incana (Sw.) B.Nord.
Synonyms^[1]
Cineraria incana Sw.

Systematics

The genus Jacmaia comprises only one recognized species, Jacmaia incana, native to Jamaica.^[1][5]

The following species, formerly included in Jacmaia,^[1] are now subsumed in Jessea and Odontocline:

• Jacmaia cooperi (Greenm.) C.Jeffrey - Jessea cooperi (Greenm.) H.Rob. & Cuatrec.
• Jacmaia laciniata (Sw.) C.Jeffrey - Odontocline laciniata (Sw.) B.Nord.
• Jacmaia megaphylla (Greenm.) C.Jeffrey - Jessea megaphylla (Greenm.) H.Rob. & Cuatrec.
• Jacmaia multivenia (Benth.) C.Jeffrey - Jessea multivenia (Benth. ex Benth.) H.Rob. & Cuatrec.

References

1. Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
2. Nordenstam, Rune Bertil. 1978. Opera Botanica 44: 64–66, f. 30
3. Tropicos, Jacmaia B. Nord.
4. Burkhardt, Lotte (2018-06-06). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen - Erweiterte Edition. Index of Eponymic Plant Names - Extended Edition. Index de Noms éponymiques des Plantes - Édition augmentée (in German). Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin, Freie Universität Berlin. p. J2. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5.
5. The International Plant Names Index