Amellus

Amellus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Tribe: Astereae
Genus: Amellus
L. 1759, conserved name, not P.Browne 1756 nor Adans. 1763 nor Ortega ex Willd. 1803[1]
Type species
Amellus lychnitis (syn of A. asteroides)
L.

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]
  1. Amellus alternifolius Roth - Cape Province
  2. Amellus asteroides (L.) Druce - Cape Province
  3. Amellus capensis (Walp.) Hutch. - Cape Province
  4. Amellus coilopodius DC. - Cape Province
  5. Amellus epaleaceus O.Hoffm. - Namibia, Cape Province
  6. Amellus flosculosus DC. - Namibia, Cape Province
  7. Amellus microglossus DC. - Cape Province; naturalised in Britain
  8. Amellus nanus DC. - Namibia, Cape Province
  9. Amellus reductus Rommel - Namibia, Botswana
  10. Amellus strigosus (Thunb.) Less. - Cape Province
  11. Amellus tenuifolius Burm.f. - Cape Province
  12. Amellus tridactylus DC. - Cape Province, Free State

References

  1. ↑ Tropicos, search for Amellus
  2. ↑ Linnaeus, Carl von. 1759. Systema Naturae, Editio Decima 2: 1225, 1377
  3. ↑ Tropicos, Amellus L.
  4. ↑ Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
  5. ↑ The Plant List, search for Amellus
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