Macledium
Macledium is a genus of flowering plants in the daisy family.[1] Both Macledium and Dicoma are distributed largely in tropical and southern Africa.[2] Macledium is distinguished from genus Dicoma by a large number of characters relating to morphology and anatomy of phyllaries, corolla, anthers, style, cypsela and testa.[1]
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| M. zeyheri | |
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| Genus: | Macledium Cass. |
The genus contains some 20 species.[1][3] In southern Africa it is informally divided into the Cape and grassland groups:[2]
- Cape species:
- M. latifolium
- M. relhanioides
- M. spinosum
- Grassland species:
- M. pretoriense
- M. sessiliflorum subsp. sessiliflorum var. membranaceum
- M. speciosum
- M. zeyheri
References
- Ortiz, Santiago (Aug 2001). "Reinstatement of the Genus Macledium Cass. (Asteraceae, Mutisieae): Morphological and Phylogenetic Arguments". Taxon. 50 (3): 733–744. doi:10.2307/1223704. JSTOR 1223704.
- Netnou, N.C. (2008). "A revision of the genera Dicoma Cass. and Macledium Cass". University of Johannesburg. Archived from the original on 25 July 2013. Retrieved 24 July 2013.
- "Macledium". The Plant List. 2010. Retrieved 24 July 2013.
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