Amellus
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| Genus: | Amellus |
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| Amellus lychnitis (syn of A. asteroides) | |
Amellus is a genus of flowering plants in the family, Asteraceae described as a genus by Linnaeus in 1759.[2][3]
Amellus is native to southern Africa (South Africa, Namibia, Botswana).[4]
- Species[5]
- Amellus alternifolius Roth - Cape Province
- Amellus asteroides (L.) Druce - Cape Province
- Amellus capensis (Walp.) Hutch. - Cape Province
- Amellus coilopodius DC. - Cape Province
- Amellus epaleaceus O.Hoffm. - Namibia, Cape Province
- Amellus flosculosus DC. - Namibia, Cape Province
- Amellus microglossus DC. - Cape Province; naturalised in Britain
- Amellus nanus DC. - Namibia, Cape Province
- Amellus reductus Rommel - Namibia, Botswana
- Amellus strigosus (Thunb.) Less. - Cape Province
- Amellus tenuifolius Burm.f. - Cape Province
- Amellus tridactylus DC. - Cape Province, Free State
References
- ^ Tropicos, search for Amellus
- ^ Linnaeus, Carl von. 1759. Systema Naturae, Editio Decima 2: 1225, 1377
- ^ Tropicos, Amellus L.
- ^ "Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist". Archived from the original on 2014-11-05. Retrieved 2014-11-05.
- ^ The Plant List, search for Amellus
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