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.

Jaegeria
Jaegeria hirta
Scientific classification Edit this 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
Species[2][4]
Former species

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.

References

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  1. ^ a b Tropicos, Jaegeria Kunth
  2. ^ a b Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
  3. ^ Kunth, Karl Sigismund. 1818. Nova Genera et Species Plantarum (folio ed.) 4: 218
  4. ^ The Plant List search for Jaegeria