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Jalantzia is a genus of flowering plants in the aster tribe Astereae within the sunflower family Asteraceae. It was previously known as Vernoniopsis Humbert,[2] an illegitimate name.[1] Its species are native to Madagascar.
| Jalantzia | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Subfamily: | Asteroideae |
| Tribe: | Astereae |
| Genus: | Jalantzia D.J.N.Hind[1] |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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The genus name Vernoniopsis was first used by Per Karl Hjalmar Dusén in 1921.[3] Dusén described one species, Vernoniopsis crassipes, from Brazil, which has since been synonymized with Vernonia plantaginifolia (as of May 2024[update] treated as either Pycnocephalum plantaginifolium or Chresta plantaginifolia). Dusén's Vernoniopsis is placed in tribe Vernonieae.[4] In 1955, Jean-Henri Humbert used the same name for a new genus,[5] in which he placed a species from Madagascar originally described as Vernonia caudata.[6] Humbert's genus name, being a later homonym, is illegitimate.[5] In 2024, the replacement name Jalantzia was published for Vernoniopsis Humbert.[1] The genus is placed in the tribe Astereae.[4]
As of May 2024[update], two species are accepted, both native to Madagascar.[4]
- Jalantzia caudata (Drake) D.J.N.Hind, syn. Vernoniopsis caudata (Drake) Humbert
- Jalantzia lokohensis (Humbert) D.J.N. Hind, syn. Vernoniopsis caudata subsp. lokohensis Humbert
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