Jacobaea

Jacobaea
Jacobaea vulgaris
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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.

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]

  1. ^ "Jacobaea". Index Nominum Genericorum. International Association for Plant Taxonomy. 2006-02-20. Retrieved 2008-05-21.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ Pieter B. Pelser, J.-F. Veldkamp & Ruud van der Meijden (2006). "New combinations in Jacobaea Mill. (Asteraceae – Senecioneae)". Compositae Newsletter. 44: 1–11.