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the web of life in southern Africa

Genus: Rhynchopsidium

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 the Northern and Western Cape.  

Species native to southern Africa

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

Rhynchopsidium pumilum 

Geelsneeu [Afrikaans]

See Nieuwoudtville wildflowers by John Manning & Peter Goldblatt p. 176; Cederberg wild flowers by Gretel van Rooyen & Hester Steyn p. 214.

Rhynchopsidium sessiliflorum