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the web of life in southern Africa

Genus: Athanasia

[=Stilpnophyton, Asaemia]

Life > eukaryotes > Archaeoplastida > Chloroplastida > Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants) > Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants) > Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering plants) > Eudicotyledons > Core Eudicots > Asterids > Euasterid II > Family: Asteraceae > Tribe: Anthemideae

The 39 species are all endemic to southern Africa.  

Species native to southern Africa

List from Plants of southern Africa - an online checklist (SANBI).

Anthanasia adenantha

 

Anthanasia alba

 

Anthanasia bremeri

 

Anthanasia calophylla

 

Anthanasia capitata

 

Anthanasia cochlearifolia

 

Anthanasia crenata

 

Athanasia crithmifolia 

Draadblaar Klaaslouwbos [Afrikaans]

See West Coast wild flowers by John Manning & Peter Goldblatt p. 200.

Anthanasia cuneifolia

 

Athanasia dentata

See Southern Overberg wild flowers by Penny Mustart et al. p. 230.

Anthanasia elsiae

 

Anthanasia filiformis

 

Anthanasia flexuosa

 

Anthanasia grandiceps

 

Anthanasia hirsuta

 

Anthanasia humilis

 

Anthanasia imbricata

 

Anthanasia inopinata

 

Anthanasia juncea

 

Anthanasia leptocephala

 

Anthanasia linifolia

 

Athanasia microcephala

See Karoo wildflowers by David Shearing & Katryn van Heerden p. 148.

Anthanasia microphylla

 

Athanasia minuta

[= Asaemia axillaris]

Vuursiektebossie [Afrikaans]

See Karoo wildflowers by David Shearing & Katryn van Heerden p. 150.

Anthanasia oocephala

 

Anthanasia pachycephala

 

Anthanasia pectinata

 

Anthanasia pinnata

 

Anthanasia pubescens

 

Anthanasia quinquedentata

 

Anthanasia rugulosa 

Hopefield Klaaslouwbos [Afrikaans]

See West Coast wild flowers by John Manning & Peter Goldblatt p. 200.

Anthanasia scabra

 

Anthanasia sertulifera

 

Anthanasia spathulata

 

Anthanasia tomentosa

 

Athanasia trifurcata

Kouterbossie, Klaaslouwbos [Afrikaans]

See Southern Overberg wild flowers by Penny Mustart et al. p. 230; Cederberg wild flowers by Gretel van Rooyen & Hester Steyn p. 216; Creative gardening with indigenous plants. A South African Guide by Pitta Joffe p. 142.

Anthanasia vestita

 

Anthanasia virgata

 

Anthanasia viridis

 

Publications

  • Källersjö, M. 1991. The genus Athanasia (Compositae - Anthemideae). Opera Botanica 106: 5-75.