Biology:Oedera speciosa
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Short description: Shrublet in the daisy family from South Africa
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Genus: | Oedera |
| Species: | O. speciosa
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| Binomial name | |
| Oedera speciosa (DC.) N.G.Bergh
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Oedera speciosa is a shrublet belonging to the family Asteraceae, indigenous to the southern Cape, South Africa.
Description
Oedera speciosa is a shrub that reaches a height of 1-2 meters (the tallest in its genus), with stiff, recurved leaves. The leaves have distinctive lines on their underside, and smooth upper surface.[2]
Distribution
It occurs in rocky, mountainous Fynbos vegetation, in the southern regions of the Western Cape Province and Eastern Cape Province, South Africa.[3]
References
- ↑ "Oedera speciosa (DC.) N.G.Bergh" (in en). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/77177629-1.
- ↑ "Factsheet -Relhania garnotii". https://keyserver.lucidcentral.org/key-server/data/04040f0a-0603-4405-880c-010703060006/media/Html/Relhania_garnotii.htm.
- ↑ "Threatened Species Programme | SANBI Red List of South African Plants". http://redlist.sanbi.org/species.php?species=3338-45.
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