Fluminaria

Fluminaria is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. It has only one currently accepted species, Fluminaria pinifolia, native to Lesotho, and KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa.[3][2] It prefers to live alongside streams in mountainous areas.[1]

Fluminaria
Fluminaria pinifolia at the Berlin Botanical Garden and Botanical Museum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Asteroideae
Tribe: Gnaphalieae
Genus: Fluminaria
N.G.Bergh[1]
Species:
F. pinifolia
Binomial name
Fluminaria pinifolia
(N.E.Br.) N.G.Bergh[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Athrixia pinifolia N.E.Br.
  • Macowania pinifolia (N.E.Br.) Kroner

References

  1. Bentley, Joanne; Verboom, G. Anthony; Bergh, Nicola G. (2017). "Species‐level phylogenetic analysis in the Relhania clade of "everlastings" and a new generic treatment of species previously assigned to Macowania and Arrowsmithia (Asteraceae: Gnaphalieae)". Taxon. 66 (6): 1421–1438. doi:10.12705/666.9.
  2. "Fluminaria pinifolia (N.E.Br.) N.G.Bergh". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2021. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  3. "Fluminaria N.G.Bergh". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2021. Retrieved 17 December 2021.


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