''Capelio'' is a genus of

flowering plant Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (), commonly called angiosperms. The term "angiosperm" is derived from the Greek words ('container, vessel') and ('seed'), and refers to those plants th ...

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 w ...

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 Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsew ...

to Cape Province 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 countri ...

. ''Species'' :The Plant List, search for ''Capelio''
/ref> * '' Capelio caledonica'' B.Nord. * '' Capelio tabularis'' (Thunb.) B.Nord. * '' Capelio tomentosa'' (Burm.f.) B.Nord.

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Senecioneae Endemic flora of South Africa Asteraceae genera {{Senecioneae-stub