Jaegeria

For a synonym of a genus of sea cucumbers, see Actinopyga.

Jaegeria is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae found from Mexico to South America.^[3][1] The name commemorates Georg Friedrich von Jaeger.

Species^[2][4]

• Jaegeria axillaris S.F.Blake - Colombia
• Jaegeria bellidiflora (Moc. & Sessé ex DC.) A.M.Torres & Beaman - Mexico (Michoacán, Puebla, México State, D.F., Hidalgo)
• Jaegeria glabra (S.Watson) B.L.Rob. - Mexico (Chihuahua, Durango, Guanajuato, Jalisco, Michoacán, Nayarit, México State, Querétaro)
• Jaegeria gracilis Hook.f. - Ecuador including Galápagos
• Jaegeria hirta (Lag.) Less. - widespread from Mexico (Chihuahua) to Uruguay
• Jaegeria macrocephala Less. - Mexico (Veracruz, México State, Michoacán, Nayarit, Jalisco
• Jaegeria pedunculata Hook. & Arn. - Mexico (Michoacán, Nayarit, Jalisco)
• Jaegeria purpurascens B.L.Rob. - Mexico (Durango)
• Jaegeria standleyi (Steyerm.) B.L.Turner - Mexico (Chiapas), Guatemala
• Jaegeria sterilis McVaugh - Mexico (Jalisco)

Former species

Jaegeria
Jaegeria hirta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Subfamily:	Asteroideae
Tribe:	Millerieae
Subtribe:	Jaegeriinae Panero
Genus:	Jaegeria Kunth
Type species
Jaegeria mnioides[1] (syn of J. hirta)[2] Kunth

Several species were once considered as belonging to Jaegeria but have now been re-classified into other genera such as Acmella, Galinsoga, Guizotia, or Sphagneticola.