''Delairea'' is a

genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...

of flowering plants within the family

Asteraceae Asteraceae () is a large family (biology), family of flowering plants that consists of over 32,000 known species in over 1,900 genera within the Order (biology), order Asterales. The number of species in Asteraceae is rivaled only by the Orchi ...

. Currently, it only features two species: ''

Delairea odorata ''Delairea odorata'' is a vine, climber within the family Asteraceae that is native to South Africa. One of the two species in the genus ''Delairea'' (the other being ''Delairea aparadensis''), it was previously included in the genus ''Senecio'' ...

'' from

Southern Africa Southern Africa is the southernmost region of Africa. No definition is agreed upon, but some groupings include the United Nations geoscheme for Africa, United Nations geoscheme, the intergovernmental Southern African Development Community, and ...

, and the recently discovered ''

Delairea aparadensis ''Delairea aparadensis'' is a species of plant in the family Asteraceae that is native to Brazil and was described in 2021. Discovery Field work took place in southern Brazil from 2008 to 2020, where, in the latter year, a group of a scandent sp ...

'' from

Southern Brazil The South Region of Brazil ( ) is one of the five regions of Brazil. It includes the states of Paraná, Rio Grande do Sul, and Santa Catarina, and covers , being the smallest region of the country, occupying only about 6.76% of the territory of ...

, which is

critically endangered An IUCN Red List critically endangered (CR or sometimes CE) species is one that has been categorized by the International Union for Conservation of Nature as facing an extremely high risk of extinction in the wild. As of December 2023, of t ...

. ''D. odorata'' formerly belonged to the genus ''

Senecio ''Senecio'' is a genus of flowering plants in the daisy family (Asteraceae) that includes ragworts and groundsels. Variously circumscribed taxonomically, the genus ''Senecio'' is one of the largest genera of flowering plants. Description Mo ...

'' as ''Senecio mikanioides''.

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q16029211 Monotypic Asteraceae genera Flora of South Africa Flora of Brazil Asteraceae genera