Steirodiscus

Steirodiscus is a genus of South African plants in the groundsel tribe within the Asteraceae.[2][3][4] It is endemic to the Cape Provinces.[1]

Steirodiscus
Steirodiscus tagetes
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Asteroideae
Tribe: Senecioneae
Genus: Steirodiscus
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Synonyms[1]

Psilothonna (E.Mey. ex DC.) E.Phillips (1950)

Some species are used as garden plants.[3] Cultivars include 'Gold Rush'.[5]

Species[6][1][7]
  • Steirodiscus capillaceus
  • Steirodiscus gamolepis
  • Steirodiscus linearilobus
  • Steirodiscus speciosus
  • Steirodiscus tagetes
formerly included[6]

Steirodiscus chrysanthemoides - Euryops chrysanthemoides

References

  1. Steirodiscus Less. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 29 September 2023.
  2. Lessing, Christian Friedrich. 1832. Synopsis Generum Compositarum 251 in Latin
  3. Pepenene, P. I. and M. Jackson. Systematics of the genus Steirodiscus (Asteraceae). University of the Free State.
  4. Steirodiscus Less. Tropicos.
  5. Ewart, L. C. 1993. New Bedding Plants. p. 604-08. In: Janick, J. and J. E. Simon (eds.). New Crops. Wiley, New York.
  6. Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
  7. Steirodiscus. SANBI. Red List of South African Plants.
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