''Cuspidia'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...
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 ...
.
[Tropicos, Cuspidia Gaertn.]
/ref>Gaertner, Joseph. 1791. De Fructibus et Seminibus Plantarum 2: 454
in Latin
There is only one known species, ''
Cuspidia cernua'', native to the
Cape Province region of
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 ...
.
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References
Monotypic Asteraceae genera
Arctotideae
Endemic flora of South Africa
Taxa named by Joseph Gaertner
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