Pentzia

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Pentzia
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Pentzia incana
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Asteroideae
Tribe: Anthemideae
Genus: Pentzia
Thunb.
Type species
Pentzia crenata
Synonyms [1]
  • AsteringaE.Mey. ex DC.
  • RenneraMerxm.

Pentzia is a genus of flowering plants in the chamomile tribe within the sunflower family. [2] [3] Species are native to southern Africa, Chad, northwestern Africa, Somalia, and the southern Arabian Peninsula. [1] One species (P. incana) is naturalized in Australia and in the southwestern United States. [4]

Contents

The genus is named for Swedish plant collector Hendrik Christian Pentz (1738–1803). [4]

Species

31 species are accepted. [1]

Formerly included

Several species once considered part of Pentzia now regarded as better suited to other genera, including Foveolina Gymnopentzia Inulanthera Myxopappus Oncosiphon , and Phymaspermum . [5]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Pentzia Thunb". Plants of the World Online . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved 15 October 2025.
  2. ↑ Thunberg, Carl Peter. 1800. Prodromus plantarum Capensium :quas in promontorio Bonæ Spei Africes, annis 1772-1775 page 145 in Latin
  3. ↑ Tropicos, Pentzia Thunb.
  4. 1 2 David J. Keil. "Pentzia Thunberg, Prodr. Pl. Cap. 145. 1800". Asteraceae. Flora of North America. Vol. 19–21. p. 543. ISBN   978-0-19-530563-0.
  5. ↑ Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist Archived 2014-11-06 at archive.today
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