| Parapolydora gerrardii | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Genus: | Parapolydora |
| Species: | P. gerrardii |
| Binomial name | |
| Parapolydora gerrardii (Harv.) H.Rob., Skvarla & V.A.Funk | |
| Synonyms [1] | |
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Parapolydora gerrardii is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. [2] It is endemic to KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa. [1]
Asteraceae is a large family of flowering plants that consists of over 32,000 known species in over 1,900 genera within the order Asterales. The number of species in Asteraceae is rivaled only by the Orchidaceae, and which is the larger family is unclear as the quantity of extant species in each family is unknown. The Asteraceae were first described in the year 1740 and given the original name Compositae. The family is commonly known as the aster, daisy, composite, or sunflower family.
Eremothamnus is a monotypic genus of shrubs in the family Asteraceae. Its only species is Eremothamnus marlothianus. It is native to the coastal desert of Namibia. It is a small shrub with spiny leaves.
Karl August Otto Hoffmann was a German botanist and a high school teacher in Berlin. Author of Sertum plantarum madagascariensium, the genus Hoffmanniella in the family Asteraceae was named after him by Rudolf Schlechter. The plant genus of Hoffmannanthus (also in the family of Asteraceae was named after him in 2014.
Athrixia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. It includes 15 species of perennial herbs or shrubs native to eastern and southern Africa, ranging from Ethiopia to South Africa including Madagascar.
Tarlmounia is a plant genus in the family Asteraceae. The sole species is Tarlmounia elliptica, native to India, Burma and Thailand and naturalised in southern Taiwan and Queensland, Australia. Common names include curtain creeper, vernonia creeper and parda bel.
Strobocalyx is a genus of Asian, African, Pacific Island, and South American plants in the tribe Vernonieae within the family Asteraceae. It is sometimes regarded as part of the genus Vernonia.
Monosis is a genus of Asian plants in the tribe Vernonieae within the family Asteraceae.
Decaneuropsis is a genus of plants in the tribe Vernonieae in the family Asteraceae. Species of the genus Decaneuropsis are found in Asia. Some authorities consider the group part of the genus Vernonia.
Didelta spinosa, belonging to the family of Asteraceae, is a Southern African woody shrub or small tree endemic to the West Coast and found from Saldanha Bay in the south across the Gariep into the south-west corner of Namibia. Growing 2–3 m tall and drought-resistant, its preferred habitat is on dry, rocky slopes. This species was introduced to Europe by Thunberg and Masson.
Drypetes gerrardii is a species of small tree or large shrub in the family Putranjivaceae. Common names include forest ironplum, bastard white ironwood, and forest ironwood. It is native to tropical and subtropical central and eastern Africa. It was first described in 1920 by the English botanist John Hutchinson, who named it after the English botanist William Tyrer Gerrard who collected plants and seeds in southern Africa in the 1860s.
Pseudopegolettia thodei is a species of plant in the family Asteraceae. It is native to South Africa.
Cyanthillium wollastonii is a species of plant in the family Asteraceae. It is native to eastern and southeastern Africa, ranging from Sudan and Ethiopia to the Northern Provinces and KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa. It is a delicate shrub that can grow up to 3 meters tall while stems are 5m tall.
Oocephala is a genus of plants in the family Asteraceae, native to Africa. The name means "egghead", referring to the egg-shaped capitulum, which distinguishes the genus from its close relative Polydora. Some species were formerly placed in the genus Vernonia.
Uniyala is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Asteraceae.
Ananthura is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Asteraceae. The only species is Ananthura pteropoda.
Hilliardiella is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Asteraceae.
Parapolydora is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Asteraceae.
Pseudopegolettia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Asteraceae.
Hoffmannanthus is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the Asteraceae. There is only one known species, Hoffmannanthus abbotianus(O.Hoffm.) H.Rob., S.C.Keeley & Skvarla Its native range is Uganda and southern Tropical Africa. It is found in the countries of Angola, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zaïre.
Jeffreycia is a genus of African flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. They are in the tribe Vernonieae.
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