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Macledium
''Macledium'' is a genus of flowering plants in the daisy family The family Asteraceae, alternatively Compositae, consists of over 32,000 known species of flowering plants in over 1,900 genera within the order Asterales. Commonly referred to as the aster, daisy, composite, or sunflower family, Compositae w .... Both ''Macledium'' and '' Dicoma'' are distributed largely in tropical and southern Africa. ''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. The genus contains some 20 species. In southern Africa it is informally divided into the Cape and grassland groups: *Cape species: **'' M. latifolium'' **'' M. relhanioides'' **'' M. spinosum'' *Grassland species: **'' M. pretoriense'' **'' M. sessiliflorum'' subsp. ''sessiliflorum'' var. ''membranaceum'' **'' M. speciosum'' **'' M. zeyheri'' References Asteraceae genera {{Asteraceae- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Macledium Latifolium
''Macledium'' is a genus of flowering plants in the daisy family. Both ''Macledium'' and ''Dicoma ''Dicoma'' is a genus of flowering plants in the sunflower family, native to Africa and the Middle East.Schatz, G. E., S. Andriambololonera, Andrianarivelo, M. W. Callmander, Faranirina, P. P. Lowry, P. B. Phillipson, Rabarimanarivo, J. I. Rahar ...'' are distributed largely in tropical and southern Africa. ''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. The genus contains some 20 species. In southern Africa it is informally divided into the Cape and grassland groups: *Cape species: **'' M. latifolium'' **'' M. relhanioides'' **'' M. spinosum'' *Grassland species: **'' M. pretoriense'' **'' M. sessiliflorum'' subsp. ''sessiliflorum'' var. ''membranaceum'' **'' M. speciosum'' **'' M. zeyheri'' References Asteraceae genera {{Asteraceae-s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Macledium Spinosum
''Macledium spinosum'' is a variable species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae, that is endemic to the southern Cape regions of South Africa. Description A low, compact, spreading shrub, reaching a maximum of 50 cm in height. The leaves are small (15 x 5mm), spiny, with a grey, velvet leaf-surface. The wide (20mm) protea-like flowerheads appear in Spring and Summer, and range in colour from white to purple. Related species A closely related species, ''Macledium relhanioides'', occurs in similar areas in the western Little Karoo and Overberg, but tends to be confined to quartzitic outcrops and quartz-fields. ''Macledium relhanioides'' differs by having longer leaves (20mm) and smaller flowerheads (10mm) that have prominent pink, spiny bracts (but only rudimentary ray-florets). Distribution and habitat This species can be found from Worcester in the west, eastwards through the Little Karoo and Overberg regions, as far east as Somerset East. It is most common ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Macledium Zeyheri
''Macledium zeyheri'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is found in South Africa, especially along the Natal coast. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland and plantations. Traditional uses The powdered roots of ''M. zeyheri'' are traditionally ascribed medical value, and are used to treat stomach disorders in both livestock and people. Gallery Macledium zeyheri, blomhoof, Krantzkloof NR, a.jpg, Trupanea01.jpg, Dicoma zeyheri seeds, by Omar Hoftun.jpg, Dicoma zeyheri, eindstandige blomhofie, Ncagaberg, a.jpg, References Further reading * ''KwaZulu-Natal Wild Flowers'' by Elsa Pooley, p. 446. * Lawalrée, A. & Mvukiyumwami, J. 1982. ''Le genre Dicoma Cassini (Asteraceae The family Asteraceae, alternatively Compositae, consists of over 32,000 known species of flowering plants in over 1,900 genera within the order Asterales. Commonly referred to as the aster, daisy, composite, or sunflower family, Composi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dicoma
''Dicoma'' is a genus of flowering plants in the sunflower family, native to Africa and the Middle East.Schatz, G. E., S. Andriambololonera, Andrianarivelo, M. W. Callmander, Faranirina, P. P. Lowry, P. B. Phillipson, Rabarimanarivo, J. I. Raharilala, Rajaonary, Rakotonirina, R. H. Ramananjanahary, B. Ramandimbisoa, A. Randrianasolo, N. Ravololomanana, Z.S. Rogers, C.M. Taylor & G. A. Wahlert. 2011. Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Madagascar. Monographs in systematic botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden Species Species in ''Dicoma'' include: See also * ''Macledium ''Macledium'' is a genus of flowering plants in the daisy family The family Asteraceae, alternatively Compositae, consists of over 32,000 known species of flowering plants in over 1,900 genera within the order Asterales. Commonly referred ...'' References Mutisieae Asteraceae genera Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{asteraceae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Plantae
Plants are predominantly photosynthetic eukaryotes of the kingdom Plantae. Historically, the plant kingdom encompassed all living things that were not animals, and included algae and fungi; however, all current definitions of Plantae exclude the fungi and some algae, as well as the prokaryotes (the archaea and bacteria). By one definition, plants form the clade Viridiplantae (Latin name for "green plants") which is sister of the Glaucophyta, and consists of the green algae and Embryophyta (land plants). The latter includes the flowering plants, conifers and other gymnosperms, ferns and their allies, hornworts, liverworts, and mosses. Most plants are multicellular organisms. Green plants obtain most of their energy from sunlight via photosynthesis by primary chloroplasts that are derived from endosymbiosis with cyanobacteria. Their chloroplasts contain chlorophylls a and b, which gives them their green color. Some plants are parasitic or mycotrophic and have lost ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Angiosperms
Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (), commonly called angiosperms. They include all forbs (flowering plants without a woody stem), grasses and grass-like plants, a vast majority of broad-leaved trees, shrubs and vines, and most aquatic plants. The term "angiosperm" is derived from the Greek words ἀγγεῖον / ('container, vessel') and σπέρμα / ('seed'), meaning that the seeds are enclosed within a fruit. They are by far the most diverse group of land plants with 64 orders, 416 families, approximately 13,000 known genera and 300,000 known species. Angiosperms were formerly called Magnoliophyta (). Angiosperms are distinguished from the other seed-producing plants, the gymnosperms, by having flowers, xylem consisting of vessel elements instead of tracheids, endosperm within their seeds, and fruits that completely envelop the seeds. The ancestors of flowering plants diverged from the common ances ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eudicots
The eudicots, Eudicotidae, or eudicotyledons are a clade of flowering plants mainly characterized by having two seed leaves upon germination. The term derives from Dicotyledons. Traditionally they were called tricolpates or non- magnoliid dicots by previous authors. The botanical terms were introduced in 1991 by evolutionary botanist James A. Doyle and paleobotanist Carol L. Hotton to emphasize the later evolutionary divergence of tricolpate dicots from earlier, less specialized, dicots. Numerous familiar plants are eudicots, including many common food plants, trees, and ornamentals. Some common and familiar eudicots include sunflower, dandelion, forget-me-not, cabbage, apple, buttercup, maple, and macadamia. Most leafy trees of midlatitudes also belong to eudicots, with notable exceptions being magnolias and tulip trees which belong to magnoliids, and ''Ginkgo biloba'', which is not an angiosperm. Description The close relationships among flowering plants with tricolpa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asterids
In the APG IV system (2016) for the classification of flowering plants, the name asterids denotes a clade (a monophyletic group). Asterids is the largest group of flowering plants, with more than 80,000 species, about a third of the total flowering plant species. Well-known plants in this clade include the common daisy, forget-me-nots, nightshades (including potatoes, eggplants, tomatoes, chili peppers and tobacco), the common sunflower, petunias, yacon, morning glory, sweet potato, coffee, lavender, lilac, olive, jasmine, honeysuckle, ash tree, teak, snapdragon, sesame, psyllium, garden sage, table herbs such as mint, basil, and rosemary, and rainforest trees such as Brazil nut. Most of the taxa belonging to this clade had been referred to as Asteridae in the Cronquist system (1981) and as Sympetalae in earlier systems. The name asterids (not necessarily capitalised) resembles the earlier botanical name but is intended to be the name of a clade rather than a f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
