What is "jacobaea"

Jacobaea is a genus of the tribe Senecioneae and the family Asteraceae. Its members used to be placed in the genus Senecio, but have been separated into the segregate genus Jacobaea on the basis of molecular phylogenetics in order to maintain genera that are monophyletic. The following species are recognised by The Plant List:

• Jacobaea abrotanifolia (L.) Moench
• Jacobaea adonidifolia (Loisel.) Pelser & Veldkamp
• Jacobaea alpina (L.) Moench
• Jacobaea ambigua (Biv.) Pelser & Veldkamp
• Jacobaea andrzejowskyi (Tzvelev) B.Nord. & Greuter
• Jacobaea aquatica (Hill) "G.Gaertn., B.Mey. & Scherb."
• Jacobaea argunensis (Turcz.) B.Nord.
• Jacobaea arnautorum (Velen.) Pelser
• Jacobaea auricula (Bourg. ex Coss.) Pelser
• Jacobaea boissieri (DC.) Pelser
• Jacobaea borysthenica (DC.) B.Nord. & Greuter
• Jacobaea buschiana (Sosn.) B.Nord. & Greuter
• Jacobaea candida (C.Presl) B.Nord. & Greuter
• Jacobaea cannabifolia (Less.) E.Wiebe
• Jacobaea cilicia (Boiss.) B.Nord.
• Jacobaea delphiniifolia (Vahl) Pelser & Veldkamp
• Jacobaea erratica (Bertol.) Fourr.
• Jacobaea erucifolia (L.) "P.Gaertn., B.Mey. & Schreb."
• Jacobaea ferganensis (Schischk.) B.Nord. & Greuter
• Jacobaea gallerandiana (Coss. & Durieu) Pelser
• Jacobaea gibbosa (Guss.) B.Nord. & Greuter
• Jacobaea gigantea (Desf.) Pelser
• Jacobaea gnaphalioides (Sieber ex Spreng.) Veldkamp
• Jacobaea incana (L.) Veldkamp
• Jacobaea inops (Boiss. & Balansa) B.Nord.
• Jacobaea leucophylla (DC.) Pelser
• Jacobaea lycopifolia (Poir.) Greuter & B.Nord.
• Jacobaea maritima (L.) Pelser & Meijden
• Jacobaea maroccana (P.H.Davis) Pelser
• Jacobaea minuta (Cav.) Pelser & Veldkamp
• Jacobaea mollis (Willd.) B.Nord.
• Jacobaea mouterdei (Arènes) Greuter & B.Nord.
• Jacobaea ornata (Druce) Greuter & B.Nord.
• Jacobaea othonnae (M.Bieb.) C.A.Mey.
• Jacobaea paludosa (L.) "G.Gaertn., B.Mey. & Scherb."
• Jacobaea persoonii (De Not.) Pelser
• Jacobaea samnitum (Nyman) B.Nord. & Greuter
• Jacobaea sandrasica (P.H.Davis) B.Nord. & Greuter
• Jacobaea schischkiniana (Sofieva) B.Nord. & Greuter
• Jacobaea subalpina (W.D.J.Koch) Pelser & Veldkamp
• Jacobaea trapezuntina (Boiss.) B.Nord.
• Jacobaea uniflora (All.) Veldkamp
• Jacobaea vulgaris Gaertn.