Amellus
| Amellus | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Amellus tridactylus in South Africa | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Embryophytes |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Subfamily: | Asteroideae |
| Tribe: | Astereae |
| Subtribe: | Homochrominae |
| 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) | |
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
[edit]- ↑ 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". Retrieved 2014-11-05.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ↑ The Plant List, search for Amellus
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