Heiseria

Heiseria is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Asteraceae.[1]

Heiseria
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Heiseria
E.E.Schill. & Panero

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
  1. "Heiseria E.E.Schill. & Panero | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
  2. 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.
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