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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Africa
Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent, after Asia in both cases. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of Earth's total surface area ...
n plants in the tribe
Gnaphalieae
The Gnaphalieae are a tribe of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. It is most closely related to the tribes Anthemideae, Astereae, and Calenduleae.
Characteristics
This group is most diverse in South America, Southern Africa and Austr ...
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 ...
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; Species
; formerly included
A few dozen species now regarded as members of other genera: ''
Dicerothamnus
''Dicerothamnus'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to 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 ...
Dolichothrix
''Dolichothrix'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae.
There is only one known species, ''Dolichothrix ericoides'', endemic to the Cape Province region of South Africa
South Africa, officially the Republic of South Af ...
Disparago
''Disparago'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae.
; Species
All the species are endemic to the Cape Province region of South Africa
* '' Disparago anomala'' Schltr. ex Levyns
* '' Disparago ericoides'' (P.J.Bergius) G ...
Helichrysum
The genus ''Helichrysum'' consists of an estimated 600 species of flowering plants in the sunflower family (Asteraceae). The type species is '' Helichrysum orientale''. They often go by the names everlasting, immortelle, and strawflower. The nam ...
Myrovernix
''Myrovernix'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Asteraceae.
Its native range is South Africa.
Species
Species:
*''Myrovernix glandulosus''
*''Myrovernix gnaphaloides''
*''Myrovernix intricata''
*''Myrovernix longifolius ...
Seriphium
''Stoebe'' is a genus of African plants in the tribe Gnaphalieae within the family Asteraceae.
; Species
; formerly included
A few dozen species now regarded as members of other genera: ''Dicerothamnus Dolichothrix Disparago Gongyloglossa Hel ...