Heterorhachis

Heterorhachis is a genus of South African flowering plants in the daisy family.[2][3]

Heterorhachis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
(unranked):
Angiosperms
(unranked):
Eudicots
(unranked):
Asterids
Order:
Asterales
Family:
Asteraceae
Tribe:
Arctotideae[1]
Genus:
Heterorhachis

Species:
H. aculeata
Binomial name
Heterorhachis aculeata
(Burm.f.) Roessler
Synonyms[1]
  • Crocodilodes palmatum (Thunb.) Kuntze
  • Heterorhachis spinosissima Sch.Bip. ex Walp.
  • Stobaea pinnata Thunb.
  • Berkheya pinnata (Thunb.) Less.
  • Rohria palmata Thunb.
  • Carlina aculeata Burm.f.
  • Crocodilodes pinnatum (Thunb.) Kuntze
  • Berkheya eryngiifolia Less.
  • Crocodilodes eryngiifolium (Less.) Kuntze
  • Berkheya palmata (Thunb.) Willd.

There is only one known species, Heterorhachis aculeata, native to South Africa.[1][4]

References
  1. Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
  2. Schultz, Carl Heinrich "Bipontinus" ex Walpers, Wilhelm Gerhard. 1846. Repertorium Botanices Systematicae. 6: 278 in Latin
  3. Tropicos, Heterorhachis Sch. Bip. ex Walp.
  4. Gibbs Russell, G. E., W. G. M. Welman, E. Retief, K. L. Immelman, G. Germishuizen, B. J. Pienaar, M. Van Wyk & A. Nicholas. 1987. List of species of southern African plants. Memoirs of the Botanical Survey of South Africa 2(1–2): 1–152(pt. 1), 1–270(pt. 2).


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