Athanasia

Short description: Genus of flowering plants

Athanasia

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Athanasia acerosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Plantae
Clade:  | Tracheophytes
Clade:  | Angiosperms
Clade:  | Eudicots
Clade:  | Asterids
Order:  | Asterales
Family:  | Asteraceae
Subfamily:  | Asteroideae
Tribe:  | Anthemideae
Genus:  | Athanasia

Type species
Athanasia crithmifolia

(L.) L.

Synonyms[1]

* Stilpnophyton subg. Asaemia Harv.
* Asaemia (Harv.) Benth. & Hook.f.
* Bembycodium Kunze
* Holophyllum Less.
* Morysia Cass.
* Pristocarpha E.Mey. ex DC.
* Saintmorysia Endl.
* Stilpnophyton Less.
* Stilpnophytum Less.

Athanasia is a genus of flowering plants in the daisy family.[2][3]

Species

Athanasia is native to southern Africa.[1] The name is derived from the Greek a-, 'without', and thanatos 'death', alluding to the persistent dry involucral bracts.

* Athanasia adenantha (Harv.) Källersjö
* Athanasia alba Källersjö
* Athanasia bremeri Källersjö
* Athanasia calophylla Källersjö
* Athanasia capitata (L.) L.
* Athanasia cochlearifolia Källersjö
* Athanasia crenata (L.) L.
* Athanasia crithmifolia (L.) L.
* Athanasia cuneifolia Lam.
* Athanasia dentata (L.) L.
* Athanasia elsiae Källersjö
* Athanasia filiformis L.f.
* Athanasia flexuosa Thunb.
* Athanasia grandiceps Hilliard & B.L.Burtt
* Athanasia hirsuta Thunb.
* Athanasia humilis Källersjö
* Athanasia imbricata Harv. (Critically Endangered[4]); Western Cape, South Africa . From the foothills of the Riviersonderend Mountains between Stormsvlei and the Breede River.
* Athanasia inopinata (Hutch.) Källersjö
* Athanasia juncea (DC.) D.Dietr.
* Athanasia leptocephala Källersjö
* Athanasia linifolia Burm.f.
* Athanasia microcephala (DC.) D.Dietr.
* Athanasia microphylla DC.
* Athanasia minuta (L.f.) Källersjö
* Athanasia oocephala (DC.) Källersjö
* Athanasia pachycephala DC.
* Athanasia pectinata L.f.
* Athanasia pinnata L.f.
* Athanasia pubescens (L.) L.
* Athanasia quinquedentata Thunb.
* Athanasia rugulosa E.Mey. ex DC.
* Athanasia scabra Thunb.
* Athanasia sertulifera DC.
* Athanasia spathulata (DC.) D.Dietr.
* Athanasia tomentosa Thunb.
* Athanasia trifurcata (L.) L.
* Athanasia vestita (Thunb.) Druce
* Athanasia virgata Jacq.
* Athanasia viridis Källersjö

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
2. ↑ Linnaeus, Carl von. 1763. Species Plantarum, Editio Secunda 2: 1180-1182 in Latin
3. ↑ Tropicos, Athanasia L.
4. ↑ The IUCN International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources

Wikidata ☰ Q4813210 entry

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