View source for Jefea ← Jefea You do not have permission to edit this page, for the following reason: The action you have requested is limited to users in the group: Users. You can view and copy the source of this page. {{Treatment/ID |accepted_name=Jefea |accepted_authority=Strother |publications={{Treatment/Publication |title=Syst. Bot. Monogr. |place=33: 22, fig. 2. 1991 |year=1991 }} |basionyms= |synonyms= |hierarchy=Asteraceae;Asteraceae tribe Heliantheae;Asteraceae (tribe Heliantheae) subtribe Ecliptinae;Jefea |hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Asteraceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>tribe</small>[[Asteraceae tribe Heliantheae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subtribe</small>[[Asteraceae (tribe Heliantheae) subtribe Ecliptinae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Jefea]]</div></div> |etymology=Spanish jefe, chief; for Billie Lee Turner, b. 1925, Texan, botanist |volume=Volume 21 |mention_page=page 65, 67 |treatment_page=page 127 }}<!-- --><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Subshrubs </b>or shrubs, 10–100[–200+] cm. <b>Stems</b> erect, branched ± throughout. <b>Leaves</b> cauline; opposite (proximal) or alternate; petiolate; blades (usually 3-nerved) deltate, lanceolate, oblanceolate, or suborbiculate, bases cuneate to truncate, margins entire or lobed [toothed], faces scabrellous to hispid and gland-dotted [densely woolly abaxially]. <b>Heads</b> radiate, borne singly. <b>Involucres</b> campanulate to hemispheric, 6–10+ mm diam. <b>Phyllaries</b> persistent, [22–]26–38+ in 3–4+ series (outer 2–6+ spreading, similar to foliage in shape, texture, and indument, inner appressed, more papery to scarious or membranous). <b>Receptacles</b> convex to conic, paleate (paleae persistent, lance-linear, conduplicate). <b>Ray</b> florets 5–13[–20], pistillate, fertile; corollas yellow to orange. <b>Disc</b> florets 30–60[–100+], bisexual, fertile; corollas yellow to orange, tubes shorter than or about equaling funnelform throats, lobes 5, deltate. <b>Cypselae</b> weakly obcompressed, 3-angled (peripheral) or strongly compressed (inner) and oblanceolate to rounded-cuneate, some or all winged; pappi fragile or persistent, of 2–3 subulate scales or awns plus 2–8+ shorter, distinct or basally connate, erose or lacerate scales (often with an additional seta on inner shoulder of each cypsela). <b>x</b> = 14.</span><!-- -->{{Treatment/Body |distribution=sw United States;Mexico;Central America (Guatemala). |discussion=<p>Species 5 (1 in the flora).</p> |tables= |references= }}<!-- --><!-- -->{{#Taxon: name=Jefea |author=John L. Strother |authority=Strother |rank=genus |parent rank=subtribe |synonyms= |basionyms= |family=Asteraceae |distribution=sw United States;Mexico;Central America (Guatemala). |reference=None |publication title=Syst. Bot. Monogr. |publication year=1991 |special status= |source xml=https://bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation/src/2e0870ddd59836b60bcf96646a41e87ea5a5943a/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V19-20-21/V21_312.xml |tribe=Asteraceae tribe Heliantheae |subtribe=Asteraceae (tribe Heliantheae) subtribe Ecliptinae |genus=Jefea }}<!-- -->[[Category:Treatment]][[Category:Asteraceae (tribe Heliantheae) subtribe Ecliptinae]] Templates used on this page: Template:Asteraceae (view source) Template:Treatment/AuthorLink (view source) Template:Treatment/Body (view source) Template:Treatment/Body/Maps (view source) Template:Treatment/ID (view source) Template:Treatment/Publication (view source) Return to Jefea.