Macledium

Macledium is a genus of flowering plants in the daisy family.[1] Both Macledium and Dicoma are distributed largely in tropical and southern Africa.[2] Macledium is distinguished from genus Dicoma by a large number of characters relating to morphology and anatomy of phyllaries, corolla, anthers, style, cypsela and testa.[1]

Macledium
M. zeyheri
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
(unranked):
Angiosperms
(unranked):
Eudicots
(unranked):
Asterids
Order:
Asterales
Family:
Asteraceae
Genus:
Macledium

Cass.

The genus contains some 20 species.[1][3] In southern Africa it is informally divided into the Cape and grassland groups:[2]

  • Cape species:
  • Grassland species:
    • M. pretoriense
    • M. sessiliflorum subsp. sessiliflorum var. membranaceum
    • M. speciosum
    • M. zeyheri

References
  1. Ortiz, Santiago (Aug 2001). "Reinstatement of the Genus Macledium Cass. (Asteraceae, Mutisieae): Morphological and Phylogenetic Arguments". Taxon. 50 (3): 733–744. doi:10.2307/1223704. JSTOR 1223704.
  2. Netnou, N.C. (2008). "A revision of the genera Dicoma Cass. and Macledium Cass". University of Johannesburg. Archived from the original on 25 July 2013. Retrieved 24 July 2013.
  3. "Macledium". The Plant List. 2010. Retrieved 24 July 2013.

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