| Jacobaea | |
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| Jacobaea vulgaris | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Subfamily: | Asteroideae |
| Tribe: | Senecioneae |
| Genus: | Jacobaea Mill. |
| Type species | |
| Jacobaea vulgaris[1] Gaertn.
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Jacobaea is a genus of flowering plants in the tribe Senecioneae and the family Asteraceae. Its members used to be placed in the genus Senecio,[2] but have been separated into the segregate genus Jacobaea on the basis of molecular phylogenetics in order to maintain genera that are monophyletic.[3]
- ^ "Jacobaea". Index Nominum Genericorum. International Association for Plant Taxonomy. 2006-02-20. Retrieved 2008-05-21.
- ^ Pieter B. Pelser, Barbara Gravendeel & Ruud van der Meijden (2002). "Tackling speciose genera: species composition and phylogenetic position of Senecio sect. Jacobaea (Asteraceae) based on plastid and nrDNA sequences". American Journal of Botany. 89 (6): 929–939. doi:10.3732/ajb.89.6.929. PMID 21665692.
- ^ Pieter B. Pelser, J.-F. Veldkamp & Ruud van der Meijden (2006). "New combinations in Jacobaea Mill. (Asteraceae – Senecioneae)". Compositae Newsletter. 44: 1–11.