| Prestelia | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Subfamily: | Vernonioideae |
| Tribe: | Vernonieae |
| Genus: | Prestelia Sch.Bip. ex Benth. & Hook.f. |
| Synonyms [1] | |
EriopusSch.Bip. ex Baker | |
Prestelia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Asteraceae. [1]
It is native to south eastern Brasil. [1]
It is a perennial or acaulous (having no stem) sub-shrubs with broad rootstock. It has lanulose (fine, wooly hairs), the hairs are stellate-based. It has linear leaves. It has 1 to many inflorescences, which are pedunculate (have flower stalks) and compound heads. The secondard involucre (bract around the flower) is made of about 5 subequal bracts. The individual heads are 5-10 in a cluster, sessile (without a stalk). The involucral bracts about 12 in about 2 series. It has 5-6 florets. The anthers are not tailed and the sweeping hairs are acute. Achenes (dry fruits) are about 8 costate, scattered setulae, glands and idioblasts. It has pappus bristles in 2-3 series, no squamellae. [2]
The genus name of Prestelia is in honour of Michael August Friedrich Prestel (1809–1880), a German mathematician, meteorologist and cartographer. He was also professor of mathematics and natural science at a school in Emden, and director of the naturalist society in Emden. [3] It was first described and published in Gen. Pl. Vol.2 on page 236 in 1873. [1] The genus is recognized by the United States Department of Agriculture and the Agricultural Research Service, but they do not list any known species. [4]
According to Kew; [1]
Prestelia eriopusSch. Bip. is used in Brazil as a medicinal plant. [5]
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