Biology:Cuspidia

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Short description: Genus of flowering plants

Cuspidia
Cuspidia cernua subsp. cernua 1DS-II 5326.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Vernonioideae
Tribe: Arctotideae
Subtribe: Gorteriinae
Genus: Cuspidia
Gaertn.
Species:
C. cernua
Binomial name
Cuspidia cernua
(L.f.) B.L.Burtt
Synonyms[1][2]
  • Gorteria cernua L.f.
  • Aspidalis Gaertn.
  • Aspidalis araneosa Gaertn.
  • Agriphyllum echinatum Desf.
  • Berkheya cernua R.Br.
  • Cuspidia araneosa (Meerb.) Gaertn.
  • Cuspidia castrata Cass.

Cuspidia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae.[2][3]

There is only one known species, Cuspidia cernua, native to the Cape Province region of South Africa .[1]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Tropicos, Cuspidia Gaertn.
  3. ↑ Gaertner, Joseph. 1791. De Fructibus et Seminibus Plantarum 2: 454 in Latin

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