Jaumea

{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}

{{Automatic taxobox

|image = Jaumeacarnosa.jpg

|image_caption = Jaumea carnosa

|display_parents = 3

|parent_authority = Benth. & Hook.f.

|taxon = Jaumea

|authority = Pers.

|type_species = Jaumea linearis

|type_species_authority = Pers. 1807

|synonyms_ref =

|synonyms = * Coinogyne Less.

}}

Jaumea is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae.[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/235731#page/400/mode/1up Persoon, Christiaan Hendrik. 1807. Synopsis plantarum, seu Enchiridium botanicum, complectens enumerationem systematicam specierum hucusque cognitarum 2: 397] in Latin[http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40033246 Tropicos, Jaumea Pers.] The plants are sprawling perennial herbs branching mostly from the base. Flower heads are yellow, with disc flowers and also usually with ray flowers.[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=116777 Flora of North America, Jaumea Persoon, 1807. ]

The genus is named for French botanist J. H. Jaume St. Hilaire, 1772–1845.

; Species[http://dixon.iplantcollaborative.org/CompositaeWeb/default.aspx?Page=NameDetails&TabNum=0&NameId=32d68263-6d08-4cf2-a2bb-c3a0af0d6289 Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist ][http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/search?q=Jaumea The Plant List search for Jaumea]

• Jaumea carnosa (Less.) A.Gray - British Columbia, Washington, Oregon, California, Baja California, Sonora, Jalisco
• Jaumea chevalieri O.Hoffm. - tropical Africa
• Jaumea helenae Buscal. & Muschl. - Zimbabwe
• Jaumea linearifolia (Juss.) DC. - Uruguay, northeastern Argentina
• Jaumea linearis Pers. - Brazil
• Jaumea peduncularis (Hook. & Arn.) Benth. & Hook.f. ex Oliv. - Jalisco
• Jaumea rotundifolia Mattf. - Cameroon