Elekmania

Template:Short description Template:Automatic taxobox Elekmania is a genus of the tribe Senecioneae and the family Asteraceae. All species are endemic to the Caribbean island of Hispaniola, in the Dominican Republic and Haiti.

Taxonomy

The genus was first published by Bertil Nordenstam in Compositae Newslett. vol.44 on page 66 in 2006. Most if not all of its members used to be placed in Senecio.

The genus name of Elekmania is in honour of Erik Leonard Ekman (1883–1931), who was a Swedish botanist and explorer that described the majority of Hispaniola's flora.

Species

It includes 9 accepted species;

• Elekmania barahonensis Template:Au
• Elekmania buchii Template:Au
• Elekmania fuertesii Template:Au
• Elekmania haitiensis Template:Au
• Elekmania kuekenthalii Template:Au
• Elekmania marciana Template:Au
• Elekmania picardae Template:Au
• Elekmania samanensis Template:Au
• Elekmania stenodon Template:Au