Antiphiona | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Asterales |
Family: | Asteraceae |
Subfamily: | Asteroideae |
Tribe: | Inuleae |
Genus: | Antiphiona Merxm. |
Type species | |
Antiphiona pinnatisecta (S.M.Moore) Merxm. |
Antiphiona is a genus of flowering plants in the daisy family. [1]
Both known species are endemic to Namibia. [2]
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Suessenguthia is a genus of the Acanthaceae plant family comprising six species of shrubs with showy, tubular flowers arranged in few-flowered heads. It occurs in the lowlands and Andean foothills of southern Peru, Bolivia, and the Brazilian state of Acre, often growing in small groups along rivers.
Portulacaria is a genus of succulent plant, classified in its own subfamily Portulacarioideae in the family Didiereaceae. It is indigenous to southern Africa.
Eriocephalus is a genus of African flowering plants in the daisy family.
Pentatrichia rehmii subsp. avasmontana is a subspecies of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is found only in Namibia. Its natural habitat is rocky areas.
Pentatrichia is a genus of African plants in the tribe Gnaphalieae within the family Asteraceae.
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Inuleae is a tribe of flowering plants in the subfamily Asteroideae.
Physostigma is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It includes five species of erect or climbing herbs and subshrubs native to sub-Saharan Africa. They grow in tropical swamp and riverine vegetation and seasonally-dry forest, open woodland, and grassland in the Guineo-Congolian and Zambezian regions. The genus belongs to subfamily Faboideae.
Nicolasia is a genus of African flowering plants in the tribe Inuleae within the family Asteraceae.
Hermann Merxmüller was a German botanist and taxonomist.
Hirtellina is a genus of flowering plants in the thistle tribe Cardueae within the daisy family Asteraceae.
Petalidium, commonly known as petal-bushes, is a genus of perennial shrubs in the acanthus family. They are native to sandy flats or stony slopes in the drier bush regions of Africa, India and the Mascarene Islands. The majority of species occur in frost-free, summer rainfall regions of southern Africa, and may be found from low to medium altitudes.
Namibithamnus is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Asteraceae.
Petrocoptis is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Caryophyllaceae.
Crepis pusilla is a species of plants in the family Asteraceae.