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the web of life in southern Africa

Genus: Elytropappus

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: Gnaphalieae

The five species are endemic to southern Africa.  

Species native to southern Africa

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

Elytropappus glandulosus

 

Elytropappus gnaphaloides

 

Elytropappus hispidus

 

Elytropappus longifolius

 

Elytropappus scaber

 

Publications

  • Levyns, M.R. 1935. A revision of Elytropappus Cass. Journal of South African Botany 1: 89-103.