Iogeton

Iogeton is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae.[2][3]

Iogeton
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Asteroideae
Tribe: Heliantheae
Subtribe: Ecliptinae
Genus: Iogeton
Strother
Species:
I. nowickeanus
Binomial name
Iogeton nowickeanus
(D'Arcy) Strother
Synonyms[1]

Lasianthaea nowickeana D'Arcy

It only contains one known species, Iogeton nowickeanus, known only from San Blas Province in Panamá.[1]

The genus name of Iogeton is in reference to the Greek mythology character of Io (a goddess associated with rivers) and -geton (the Greek word meaning neighbour) and which is because the plant is found near streams.[4]

References

  1. Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
  2. Strother, John Lance. 1991. Systematic Botany Monographs 33: 20–21
  3. Tropicos, Iogeton Strother
  4. Burkhardt, Lotte (2022). Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen [Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2022. ISBN 978-3-946292-41-8. Retrieved January 27, 2022.


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