Athrixia

Athrixia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae.[2][3] It includes 15 species of perennial herbs or shrubs native to eastern and southern Africa, ranging from Ethiopia to South Africa including Madagascar.[1]

Athrixia
A. phylicoides
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Asteroideae
Tribe: Gnaphalieae
Genus: Athrixia
Ker Gawl.
Species[1]

15; see text

15 species are accepted:[4][1]

  • Athrixia angustissima DC.
  • Athrixia arachnoidea J.M.Wood & M.S.Evans ex J.M.Wood
  • Athrixia capensis Ker Gawl.
  • Athrixia citrina
  • Athrixia crinita (L.) Druce
  • Athrixia debilis DC.
  • Athrixia elata Sond.
  • Athrixia fontana MacOwan
  • Athrixia fontinalis Wild
  • Athrixia gerrardii Harv.
  • Athrixia heterophylla (Thunb.) Less.
  • Athrixia nyassana S.Moore
  • Athrixia oblonga S.Moore
  • Athrixia phylicoides DC.
  • Athrixia rosmarinifolia (Sch.Bip. ex Walp.) Oliv. & Hiern
  • Athrixia subsimplex Brenan

References
  1. Athrixia Ker Gawl. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 19 October 2023.
  2. Ker Gawler, John Bellenden. 1823. Botanical Register; Consisting of Coloured Figures of Exotic Plants Cultivated in British Gardens; with their History and Mode of Treatment 8, plate 681
  3. Tropicos, Athrixia Ker Gawl.
  4. Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
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