Shafera | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Asterales |
Family: | Asteraceae |
Subfamily: | Asteroideae |
Tribe: | Senecioneae |
Genus: | Shafera Greenm. |
Species: | S. platyphylla
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Binomial name | |
Shafera platyphylla |
Shafera is a monotypic genus of plants in the groundsel tribe within the sunflower family.[1][2]
The only known species is Shafera platyphylla, which is native to Cuba.[3][4]
The genus name of Shafera is in honour of John Adolph Shafer (1863–1918), an American botanist.[5] The Latin specific epithet of platyphylla is a compound word, with 'platy-' derived from Greek word (platús) meaning flat and broad, and also '-phylla' meaning leaf.[6] Both the genus and the species were first described and published in Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. (Series 2) page 327 in 1912.[4]