Caputia

Caputia is a small genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae, native to South Africa.[2] It may be of hybrid origin.[3] Species in this genus were formerly considered part of the genus Senecio.[1]

Caputia
Caputia tomentosa (formerly known as Senecio haworthii)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Supertribe: Senecionodae
Tribe: Senecioneae
Genus: Caputia
B.Nord. & Pelser[1]

Species

Currently accepted species include:[2]

  • Caputia medley-woodii (Hutch.) B.Nord. & Pelser
  • Caputia oribiensis (van Jaarsv.) J.C.Manning
  • Caputia pyramidata (DC.) B.Nord. & Pelser
  • Caputia scaposa (DC.) B.Nord. & Pelser
  • Caputia tomentosa (Haw.) B.Nord. & Pelser

References
  1. Nordenstam, B. & Pelser, P. B. 2012. Caputia, a new genus to accommodate four succulent South African Senecioneae (Compositae) species. Compositae Newsletter. 50: 59.
  2. "Caputia B.Nord. & Pelser". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
  3. Pelser, Pieter B.; Kennedy, Aaron H.; Tepe, Eric J.; Shidler, Jacob B.; Nordenstam, Bertil; Kadereit, Joachim W.; Watson, Linda E. (2010). "Patterns and causes of incongruence between plastid and nuclear Senecioneae (Asteraceae) phylogenies". American Journal of Botany. 97 (5): 856–873. doi:10.3732/ajb.0900287. PMID 21622451.
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