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Adenanthellum

Adenanthellum is a genus of flowering plants in the daisy family, Asteraceae, described as a genus in 1979.

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Adenanthellum
Illustration accompanying the protologue of Chrysanthemum osmitoides, the basionym of Adenanthellum osmitoides.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Embryophytes
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Spermatophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Asteroideae
Tribe: Anthemideae
Genus: Adenanthellum
B.Nord.
Species:
A. osmitoides
Binomial name
Adenanthellum osmitoides
Synonyms1
  • Adenanthemum osmitoides (Harv.) B.Nord. (1976)
  • Chrysanthemum osmitoides Harv. (1863)

Adenanthellum is a genus of flowering plants in the daisy family, Asteraceae, described as a genus in 1979.2

There is only one known species, Adenanthellum osmitoides, native to the Northern Provinces and KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa and to Eswatini.13

References

References

  1. Adenanthellum osmitoides (Harv.) B.Nord. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 25 September 2023.
  2. Nordenstam, Rune Bertil (1979) Botaniska Notiser 132:16
    - "Adenanthellum B. Nord". Tropicos.
  3. Gibbs Russell, G. E.; Welman, W. G. M.; E. Retief, E. K.; Immelman, V; Germishuizen, G.; Pienaar, B. J.; Van Wyk, M.; Nicholas A. (1987). "List of species of southern African plants". Memoirs of the Botanical Survey of South Africa. 2 (1–2): 1–152 (pt. 1), 1–270 (pt. 2).