Osteospermum ilicifolium

Osteospermum ilicifolium (previously known as Nephrotheca ilicifolia) is a species of flowering plant in the aster family, Asteraceae. It is endemic to the Cape Provinces in South Africa.[1][2][3][4]

Osteospermum ilicifolium
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Asteroideae
Tribe: Calenduleae
Genus: Osteospermum
Species:
O. ilicifolium
Binomial name
Osteospermum ilicifolium
L. (1759)
Synonyms[1]
  • Gibbaria ilicifolia (L.) Norl. (1943)
  • Nephrotheca ilicifolia (L.) B.Nord. & Källersjö (2006)

It is the sole species in section Nephrotheca within genus Osteospermum, which belongs to the Calendula tribe.[5][6]


References

  1. Osteospermum ilicifolium L. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 29 September 2023.
  2. The International Plant Names Index
  3. PlantZAfrica.com, Zoleka Maphanga, Kirstenbosch Gardens, Millennium Seed Bank, Nephrotheca ilicifolia
  4. Fernkloof Nature Reserve, Osteospermum ilicifolium Archived 2015-10-18 at the Wayback Machine
  5. Nordenstam, Rune Bertil & Källersjö, Mari. 2006. Complements au Prodrome de la Flore Corse, Compositae Newsletter 44: 33
  6. Tropicos, Nephrotheca B. Nord. & Källersjö
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