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Macledium

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Macledium is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae.[2] Both Macledium and Dicoma are distributed largely in tropical and southern Africa.[3] 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.[2]

Species

As of April 2023, Plants of the World Online accepted the following species:[1]

In southern Africa it is informally divided into the Cape and grassland groups:[3]

  • Cape species:
    • M. latifolium
    • M. relhanioides
    • M. spinosum
  • Grassland species:
    • M. pretoriense
    • M. sessiliflorum subsp. sessiliflorum var. membranaceum
    • M. speciosum
    • M. zeyheri

References

  1. ^ a b c "Macledium Cass". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2023-04-19.
  2. ^ a b Ortiz, Santiago (Aug 2001). "Reinstatement of the Genus Macledium Cass. (Asteraceae, Mutisieae): Morphological and Phylogenetic Arguments". Taxon. 50 (3): 733–744. doi:10.2307/1223704. JSTOR 1223704.
  3. ^ a b Netnou, N.C. (2008). "A revision of the genera Dicoma Cass. and Macledium Cass". University of Johannesburg. Archived from the original on 25 July 2013. Retrieved 24 July 2013.

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Macledium: Brief Summary

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Macledium is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. 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.

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