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Porphyrostemma

Porphyrostemma is a genus of African plants in the tribe Inuleae within the family Asteraceae.SpeciesPorphyrostemma chevalieri (O.Hoffm.) Hutch. & Dalziel Porphyrostemma grantii Benth. ex Oliv. Porphyrostemma monocephala Leinsformerly included

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Porphyrostemma
Porphyrostemma grantii1
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: Inuleae
Genus: Porphyrostemma
Benth. ex Oliv.
Type species
Porphyrostemma grantii
Bentham ex D. Oliver

Porphyrostemma is a genus of African plants in the tribe Inuleae within the family Asteraceae.23

Species4
  • Porphyrostemma chevalieri (O.Hoffm.) Hutch. & Dalziel
  • Porphyrostemma grantii Benth. ex Oliv.
  • Porphyrostemma monocephala Leins
formerly included4

see Inula

  • Porphyrostemma cuanzensis (Welw.) O.Hoffm. - Inula cuanzensis (Welw.) Hiern
References

References

  1. 1875 illustration from Transactions of the Linnean Society of London, vol. 29: t. 63 (1875) [W.H. Fitch]
  2. Oliver, Daniel. 1873. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 29: 96
  3. Tropicos, Porphyrostemma Benth. ex Oliv.
  4. Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist Deprecated link archived 2014-11-06 at archive.today