''Macledium'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...
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.][
*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
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