Hymenolepis (plant)

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Hymenolepis
Hymenolepis parviflora
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Asteroideae
Tribe: Anthemideae
Genus: Hymenolepis
Cassini (1817) not Kaulf. 1824 (syn of Belvisia in Polypodiaceae)
Synonyms[1]
  • Cirsium sect. Hymenolepis C.Shih
  • Phaeocephalus S.Moore
  • Oligodora DC.

Hymenolepis is a South African genus of flowering plants in the daisy family.[2][3][4]

Hymenolepis is differentiated from Athanasia by the pappus scales and slender capitulum.[2] Some Euryops species are similar, but are distinguishable by their smaller flower heads that appear earlier, and their undivided leaves.

Species[1][5]
Species in homotypic genus[5][6]

In 1824, Kaulfuss[7] used the same name, Hymenolepis, to refer to some ferns in the Polypodiaceae. Names created using this illegitimate generic name:

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
  2. ^ a b Bremer, Kåre; Källersjö, Mari (1 December 1985). "Taxonomic notes on Hymenolepis (Asteraceae-Anthemideae)". Nordic Journal of Botany. 5 (6): 517–520. doi:10.1111/j.1756-1051.1985.tb01688.x.
  3. ^ Cassini, Alexandre Henri Gabriel de. 1817. Bulletin des Sciences, par la Societe Philomatique 1817: 138 description in French
  4. ^ Tropicos, Hymenolepis Cass.
  5. ^ a b ThePlantList (2010). "Hymenolepis".
  6. ^ Tropicos, search for Hymenolepis
  7. ^ Kaulfuss, Georg Friedrich. 1824. Enumeratio Filicum 146