Cuspidia

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

Cuspidia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
(unranked):
Angiosperms
(unranked):
Eudicots
(unranked):
Asterids
Order:
Asterales
Family:
Asteraceae
Tribe:
Arctotideae
Genus:
Cuspidia

Binomial name
Cuspidia cernua
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.

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

References
  1. Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist Archived 2014-11-16 at Archive.today
  2. Tropicos, Cuspidia Gaertn.
  3. Gaertner, Joseph. 1791. De Fructibus et Seminibus Plantarum 2: 454 in Latin
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