''Vesta'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family

Araceae The Araceae are a family of monocotyledonous flowering plants in which flowers are borne on a type of inflorescence called a spadix. The spadix is usually accompanied by, and sometimes partially enclosed in, a spathe (or leaf-like bract). A ...

, formally described in 2018. It contains only one known species, ''Vesta longifolia'', native to Perak in

Peninsular Malaysia Peninsular Malaysia ( ms, Semenanjung Malaysia; Jawi: سمننجڠ مليسيا), or the States of Malaya ( ms, Negeri-negeri Tanah Melayu; Jawi: نڬري-نڬري تانه ملايو), also known as West Malaysia or the Malaysian Peninsula, ...

and to

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and

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on the island of

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Taxonomy

Taxonomic history

The species ''Vesta longifolia'' (Ridl.) S.Y.Wong was first described as ''Schismatoglottis longifolia'' Ridl. in 1902. Later, the genus ''Hestia'' S.Y.Wong & P.C.Boyce was proposed in 2010 for this species and it was then known as ''Hestia longifolia'' (Ridl.) S.Y.Wong & P.C.Boyce. However, ''Hestia'' now considered a

Nomen illegitimum ''Nomen illegitimum'' (Latin for illegitimate name) is a technical term, used mainly in botany. It is usually abbreviated as ''nom. illeg.'' Although the International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants uses Latin terms for other ki ...

. This is due to the fact, that the generic name ''Hestia'' has already been given to a fossil

lycopsid Lycopodiopsida is a class of vascular plants known as lycopods, lycophytes or other terms including the component lyco-. Members of the class are also called clubmosses, firmosses, spikemosses and quillworts. They have dichotomously branching s ...

.Boyce, P. C., & Wong, S. Y. (2018)
"Recent changes to generic delimitations in the Schismatoglottideae."
Aroideana–Journal of the International Aroid Society, 41(1), 149-234. Since the new generic name was not accepted, the new genus ''Vesta'' S.Y.Wong was described in 2018, and the single species is since known as ''Vesta longifolia'' (Ridl.) S.Y.Wong.

References

Aroideae Flora of Malesia Plants described in 1902 {{Araceae-stub