Jamesianthus is a genus of North American flowering plants in the family Asteraceae.[1][2]

Jamesianthus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Asteroideae
Tribe: Tageteae
Subtribe: Pectidinae
Genus: Jamesianthus
S.F.Blake & Sherff
Species:
J. alabamensis
Binomial name
Jamesianthus alabamensis
S.F.Blake & Sherff

The genus is named for US botanist Robert Leslie James (1897–1977).[3]

Species

There is only one known species, Jamesianthus alabamensis, called the Alabama warbonnet.[4] It is native to the US states of Alabama and Georgia.[5][6]

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