''Capelio'' is a genus of
flowering plant
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 ...
in the
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, Compositae ...
first described as a genus in 1836 with the name ''Alciope''. It was renamed ''Capelio'' in 2002 after it was determined that the name ''Alciope'' was not legitimately published according to international nomenclatural rules. ''Capelio'' is a
taxonomic anagram derived from the former name ''Alciope''.
The entire genus is
endemic
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to
Cape Province
The Province of the Cape of Good Hope ( af, Provinsie Kaap die Goeie Hoop), commonly referred to as the Cape Province ( af, Kaapprovinsie) and colloquially as The Cape ( af, Die Kaap), was a province in the Union of South Africa and subsequen ...
in
South Africa
South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the north by the neighbouring count ...
.
''Species'' :
The Plant List, search for ''Capelio''
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* ''Capelio caledonica
''Capelio'' is a genus of flowering plant in the Asteraceae first described as a genus in 1836 with the name ''Alciope''. It was renamed ''Capelio'' in 2002 after it was determined that the name ''Alciope'' was not legitimately published accordin ...
'' B.Nord.
* ''Capelio tabularis
''Capelio'' is a genus of flowering plant in the Asteraceae first described as a genus in 1836 with the name ''Alciope''. It was renamed ''Capelio'' in 2002 after it was determined that the name ''Alciope'' was not legitimately published accordin ...
'' (Thunb.) B.Nord.
* ''Capelio tomentosa
''Capelio'' is a genus of flowering plant in the Asteraceae first described as a genus in 1836 with the name ''Alciope''. It was renamed ''Capelio'' in 2002 after it was determined that the name ''Alciope'' was not legitimately published accordin ...
'' (Burm.f.) B.Nord.
References
External links
Senecioneae
Endemic flora of South Africa
Asteraceae genera
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