''Perdicium'' 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 ...

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n plants in the tribe

Mutisieae Mutisieae is a tribe of the family Asteraceae, subfamily Mutisioideae. Genera Mutisieae genera recognized by the Global Compositae Database as of June 2022: *'' Adenocaulon'' *'' Amblysperma'' *''Brachyclados'' *''Chaetanthera'' *'' Chapt ...

within the family

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 ...

. ; SpeciesFlann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
Hansen, H. V. (1985), A taxonomic revision of the genus ''Perdicium'' (Compositae -Mutisieae). Nordic Journal of Botany, 5: 543–546. doi: 10.1111/j.1756-1051.1985.tb01691.x Several dozen species have at one time been considered members of ''Perdicium''. Almost all of them are now regarded as better suited to other genera ''( Acourtia Ainsliaea Chaptalia

Gerbera ''Gerbera'' ( or ) L. is a genus of plants in the Asteraceae (Compositae) family. The first scientific description of a ''Gerbera'' was made by J. D. Hooker in Curtis's Botanical Magazine in 1889 when he described '' Gerbera jamesonii'', a Sout ...

Haplocarpha Holocheilus Leibnitzia

Leucheria ''Leucheria'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. ''Leucheria'' is native to South America and the Falkland Islands The Falkland Islands (; es, Islas Malvinas, link=no ) is an archipelago in the South Atlantic Oc ...

Perezia

Trixis ''Trixis'' is a genus of shrubs in the family Asteraceae, native to North and South America including the West Indies. Members of the genus are commonly known as threefolds due to the outer lip of the corolla. The generic name is derived from ( ...

).'' Only two remain: * '' Perdicium capense'' L. -

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* '' Perdicium leiocarpum'' DC. -

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