Nesomia is a genus of flowering plants in the tribe Eupatorieae within the family Asteraceae.[1][2][3]

Nesomia
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Asteroideae
Tribe: Eupatorieae
Genus: Nesomia
B.L.Turner
Species:
N. chiapensis
Binomial name
Nesomia chiapensis

The genus is named in honor of American botanist Guy L. Nesom.[1]

Species

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The only known species is Nesomia chiapensis, native to the State of Chiapas in southern Mexico.[4][5]

References

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  1. ^ a b Turner, Billie Lee. 1991. Phytologia 71(3): 208-211 diagnosis in Latin, description and commentary in English, full-page line drawing of Nesomia chiapensis
  2. ^ D.J.N.Hind & H.E.Robinson. 2007. Tribe Eupatorieae In: The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants vol.VIII. (Joachim W.Kadereit & Charles Jeffrey, volume editors. Klaus Kubitzky, general editor). Springer-Verlag. Berlin, Heidelberg.
  3. ^ Tropicos, Nesomia B.L. Turner
  4. ^ Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
  5. ^ Turner, B. L. 1997. The Comps of Mexico: A systematic account of the family Asteraceae, vol. 1 -- Eupatorieae. Phytologia Memoirs 11: i–iv, 1–272