Capelio

Capelio
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Subfamily:	Asteroideae
Tribe:	Senecioneae
Genus:	Capelio B.Nord.
Synonyms [1]
AlciopeDC.

Capelio is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae first described as a genus in 1836 with the name Alciope. ^[2] It was renamed Capelio in 2002 after it was determined that the name Alciope was not legitimately published according to international nomenclatural rules. ^{[3] [4]} Capelio is a taxonomic anagram derived from the former name Alciope. ^[5]

The entire genus is endemic to Cape Province in South Africa. ^[6]

Species: ^[7]

• Capelio caledonica B.Nord.
• Capelio tabularis (Thunb.) B.Nord.
• Capelio tomentosa (Burm.f.) B.Nord.

References

1. Tropicos, Capelio B. Nord.
2. Candolle, Augustin Pyramus de. 1836. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 5: 209-210 in Latin
3. International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants
4. Nordenstam, B. 2002. Capelio B. Nord., a new name for a South African genus of the Senecioneae and the description of a new species. Compositae Newsletter 38: 71–75.
5. Burkhardt, Lotte (2018-06-06). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen - Erweiterte Edition. Index of Eponymic Plant Names - Extended Edition. Index de Noms éponymiques des Plantes - Édition augmentée (in German). Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN   978-3-946292-26-5.
6. Gibbs Russell, G. E., W. G. M. Welman, E. Retief, K. L. Immelman, G. Germishuizen, B. J. Pienaar, M. Van Wyk & A. Nicholas. 1987. List of species of southern African plants. Memoirs of the Botanical Survey of South Africa 2(1–2): 1–152(pt. 1), 1–270(pt. 2).
7. The Plant List, search for Capelio

External links

Data related to Capelio at Wikispecies