Jaumea

Jaumea is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae.^[2][3] The plants are sprawling perennial herbs branching mostly from the base. Flower heads are yellow, with disc flowers and also usually with ray flowers.^[4]

Jaumea
Jaumea carnosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Subfamily:	Asteroideae
Tribe:	Tageteae
Subtribe:	Jaumeinae Benth. & Hook.f.
Genus:	Jaumea Pers.
Type species
Jaumea linearis Pers. 1807
Synonyms[1]
Coinogyne Less.

The genus is named for French botanist J. H. Jaume St. Hilaire, 1772–1845.^[4]

Species^[1][5]

• Jaumea carnosa (Less.) A.Gray - British Columbia, Washington, Oregon, California, Baja California, Sonora, Jalisco
• Jaumea chevalieri O.Hoffm. - tropical Africa
• Jaumea helenae Buscal. & Muschl. - Zimbabwe
• Jaumea linearifolia (Juss.) DC. - Uruguay, northeastern Argentina
• Jaumea linearis Pers. - Brazil
• Jaumea peduncularis (Hook. & Arn.) Benth. & Hook.f. ex Oliv. - Jalisco
• Jaumea rotundifolia Mattf. - Cameroon