Ceruana

Ceruana is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae.[2][3][4][5][6][7]

Ceruana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Asteroideae
Tribe: Astereae
Subtribe: Grangeinae
Genus: Ceruana
Forssk.
Species:
C. pratensis
Binomial name
Ceruana pratensis
Synonyms[1]
  • Ceruana fruticosa Less.
  • [Buphthalmum pratense Vahl
  • Ceruana rotundifolia Cass.
  • Ceruana senegalensis DC.

There is only one known species, Ceruana pratensis, native to the Sahara and Sahel regions of Africa, from Egypt to Ethiopia to Senegal.[1][8]

References
  1. Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
  2. Forsskål, Pehr. 1775. Flora Aegyptiaco-Arabica lxxiv, 153 in Latin
  3. Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin-Dahlem. "Details for: Astereae". Euro+Med PlantBase. Freie Universität Berlin. Retrieved 2009-07-18.
  4. UniProt. "Tribe Astereae". Retrieved 2009-07-18.
  5. National Herbarium of New South Wales. "Genus Kippistia". New South Wales FloraOnline. Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney. Retrieved 2009-07-18.
  6. "Polyarrhena Cass". African Plants Database. South African National Biodiversity Institute, the Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de la Ville de Genève and Tela Botanica. Retrieved 2009-07-18.
  7. Tropicos, Ceruana Forssk.
  8. The Plant List, Ceruana pratensis Forssk.


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