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the web of life in southern Africa

Genus: Plecostachys

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 two species are endemic to southern Africa.  

Species native to southern Africa

List from Plants of Southern Africa - an Online Checklist (SANBI).

Plecostachys polifolia

 

Plecostachys serpyllifolia 

Vaaltee [Afrikaans]

See West Coast wild flowers by John Manning & Peter Goldblatt p. 198.

Publications

  • Hilliard, O.M. 1983. Asteraceae (Compositae), Tribe Inuleae subtribe Gnaphalinae (first part). Flora of southern Africa 33,7,2: 1-325.