Amellus

Amellus
Amellus tridactylus in South Africa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Asteroideae
Tribe: Astereae
Subtribe: Homochrominae
Genus: Amellus
L. 1759, conserved name, not P.Browne 1756 nor Adans. 1763 nor Ortega ex Willd. 1803
Type species
Amellus lychnitis (syn of A. asteroides)

Amellus is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae described as a genus by Linnaeus in 1759.

Amellus is native to southern Africa (South Africa, Namibia, Botswana).

Species

References

  1. ↑ Tropicos, search for Amellus
  2. ↑ Linnaeus, Carl von. 1759. Systema Naturae, Editio Decima 2: 1225, 1377
  3. ↑ Tropicos, Amellus L.
  4. ↑ "Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist". Retrieved 2014-11-05.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  5. ↑ The Plant List, search for Amellus