''Elekmania'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...

of the tribe

Senecioneae Senecioneae is the largest tribe of the Asteraceae, or the sunflower family, comprising over 150 genera and over 3,500 species. Almost one-third of the species in this tribe are placed in the genus ''Senecio''. Its members exhibit probably the w ...

and the family

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. Most if not all of its members used to be placed in ''

Senecio ''Senecio'' is a genus of flowering plants in the daisy family (Asteraceae) that includes ragworts and groundsels. Variously circumscribed taxonomically, the genus ''Senecio'' is one of the largest genera of flowering plants. Description Morp ...

''. They are native to the Dominican Republic and Haiti. The genus was first published by

Bertil Nordenstam Rune Bertil Nordenstam (born 1936) is a Swedish botanist and professor emeritus at the Swedish Museum of Natural History in the Department of Phanerogamic Botany. He has worked with Colchicaceae, Senecioneae and Calenduleae, was the editor of ''C ...

in Compositae Newslett. vol.44 on page 66 in 2006. The genus name of ''Elekmania'' is in honour of

Erik Leonard Ekman Erik Leonard Ekman was a Swedish botanist and explorer. Biography Erik Leonard Ekman was born into a low-income household with five children on October 14, 1883. Due to economic difficulties, the family moved to the central-Swedish town of Jön ...

(1883–1931), who was a Swedish botanist and explorer.

Species

It includes 9 accepted species; * '' Elekmania barahonensis'' * '' Elekmania buchii'' * '' Elekmania fuertesii'' * '' Elekmania haitiensis'' * '' Elekmania kuekenthalii'' * '' Elekmania marciana'' * '' Elekmania picardae'' * '' Elekmania samanensis'' * '' Elekmania stenodon''

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Senecioneae Asteraceae genera Flora of the Dominican Republic Flora of Haiti {{Senecioneae-stub