Heiseria
| Heiseria | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Genus: | Heiseria E.E.Schill. & Panero |
Heiseria is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Asteraceae.[1]
It is native to Peru.[1]
The genus name of Heiseria is in honour of Charles Bixler Heiser (1920–2010), an American professor of botany.[2] It was first described and published in Bot. J. Linn. Soc. Vol.167 on page 327 in 2011.[1]
Known species, according to Kew:[1]
- Heiseria irmscheriana (Bruns) Mesfin
- Heiseria pusilla (A.Gray) E.E.Schill. & Panero
- Heiseria simsioides (S.F.Blake) E.E.Schill. & Panero
References
- ^ a b c d "Heiseria E.E.Schill. & Panero | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
- ^ Burkhardt, Lotte (2018). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition [Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5. Retrieved 1 January 2021.