Jessea is a genus of Central American plants in the tribe Senecioneae within the sunflower family, closely related to Senecio.Tropicos, Jessea H. Rob. & Cuatrec.Nordenstam, Rune Bertil. 1996. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 118(2): 148–150, f. 1.
The genus is named in honor of US botanist Jesse More Greenman (1867–1951), formerly of the Missouri Botanical Garden.
Species Jessea cooperi (Greenm.) H.Rob. & Cuatrec. – Panama, Costa Rica Jessea gunillae B.Nord. – Costa Rica Jessea megaphylla (Greenm.) H.Rob. & Cuatrec. – Panama, Costa Rica Jessea multivenia (Benth. ex Benth.) H.Rob. & Cuatrec. – Costa Rica
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