Amellus

Amellus is a genus of flowering plants in the family, Asteraceae described as a genus by Linnaeus in 1759.[2][3]

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)

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
  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". Archived from the original on 2014-11-05. Retrieved 2014-11-05.
  5. The Plant List, search for Amellus
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