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

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

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and to

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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

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. 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 also known as lycopsids, lycopods, or lycophytes. Members of the class are also called clubmosses, firmosses, spikemosses and quillworts. They have dichotomously branching stems bearing simple leaves ...

.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