Alepidea

Alepidea is a genus of about twenty species in the botanical family Apiaceae, all of which are endemic to Africa. They occur mainly in southern Africa, but can be found as far north as Ethiopia.

Alepidea
Flowerheads from above of the umbellifer species Alepidea masaica, photographed along the Chogoria route, Mount Kenya, at approximately 3000 m altitude
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
(unranked):
Angiosperms
(unranked):
Eudicots
(unranked):
Asterids
Order:
Apiales
Family:
Apiaceae
Genus:
Alepidea

F.Delaroche
Species
  • Alepidea amatymbica Eckl. & Zeyh.
  • Alepidea natalensis J.M.Wood & M.S.Evans
  • Alepidea peduncularis A.Rich.
  • Alepidea setifera N.E.Br.

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