Oedera

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Oedera
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Oedera capensis
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: 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 [2]
  • EroedaLevyns
  • AntithrixiaDC.
  • ComborhizaAnderb. & K.Bremer
  • EclopesBanks ex Gaertn.
  • LapeirousiaThunb., nom. illeg.
  • OederiaDC., orth. var.
  • OreoleyseraK.Bremer
  • OsmitesL., nom. rej.
  • PeyrouseaDC., nom. rej.
  • PolychaetiaTausch ex Less.
  • RelhaniaL'Hér., nom. cons.
  • RoseniaThunb.

Oedera is a genus of African flowering plants in the tribe Gnaphalieae within the family Asteraceae. The genus is named in honor of the Danish botanist Georg Christian Oeder.

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. [3]

Species

Species accepted by the Plants of the World Online as of March 2024: [2]

formerly included

see Flaveria Heterolepis Hirpicium

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References

  1. ↑ Tropicos, search for Oedera
  2. 1 2 "Oedera L." Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2024. Retrieved 24 March 2024.
  3. ↑ "Oedera capensis factsheet". Lucid Central. Retrieved 2018-01-26.


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