Oedera

Oedera is a genus of African flowering plants in the pussy's-toes tribe within the sunflower family. The genus is named in honor of the Danish botanist Georg Christian Oeder.

Oedera
Oedera capensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
(unranked):
Angiosperms
(unranked):
Eudicots
(unranked):
Asterids
Order:
Asterales
Family:
Asteraceae
Subfamily:
Asteroideae
Tribe:
Gnaphalieae
Genus:
Oedera

L. 1771, conserved name, not Crantz 1768 (syn of Dracaena in Asparagaceae)[1]
Synonyms

The species have yellow central and ray florets in their flower-heads. Their seeds all have a little crown of scales, and the leaves are often fragrant and unpalatable for stock grazing.[2]

Species
  • Oedera capensis (L.) Druce
  • Oedera conferta (Hutch.) Anderb. & K.Bremer
  • Oedera epaleacea Beyers
  • Oedera foveolata (K.Bremer) Anderb. & K.Bremer
  • Oedera genistifolia (L.) Anderb. & K.Bremer
  • Oedera hirta Thunb.
  • Oedera imbricata Lam.
  • Oedera laevis DC.
  • Oedera multipunctata (DC.) Anderb. & K.Bremer
  • Oedera nordenstamii (K.Bremer) Anderb. & K.Bremer
  • Oedera resinifera (K.Bremer) Anderb. & K.Bremer
  • Oedera sedifolia (DC.) Anderb. & K.Bremer
  • Oedera silicicola (K.Bremer) Anderb. & K.Bremer
  • Oedera squarrosa (L.) Anderb. & K.Bremer
  • Oedera steyniae (L.Bolus) Anderb. & K.Bremer
  • Oedera uniflora (L.f.) Anderb. & K.Bremer
  • Oedera viscosa (L'Hér.) Anderb. & K.Bremer
formerly included

see Flaveria Heterolepis Hirpicium

  • Oedera aliena L.f. - Heterolepis aliena (L.f.) Druce
  • Oedera alienata Thunb. - Hirpicium alienatum (Thunb.) Druce
  • Oedera trinervia Spreng. - Flaveria trinervia (Spreng.) C.Mohr

References
  1. Tropicos, search for Oedera
  2. "Oedera capensis factsheet". Lucid Central. Retrieved 2018-01-26.


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