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Hymenolepis (plant)

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Kingdom
  
Plantae

Tribe
  
Anthemideae

Higher classification
  
Anthemideae

Order
  
Asterales

Scientific name
  
Hymenolepis

Rank
  
Genus

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Similar
  
Daisy family, Anthemideae, Asteroideae, Athanasia, Asterales

Hymenolepis plant top 5 facts


Hymenolepis is a South African genus of flowering plants in the daisy family.

Hymenolepis is differentiated from Athanasia by the pappus scales and slender capitulum. Some Euryops species are similar, but are distinguishable by their smaller flower heads that appear earlier, and their undivided leaves.

Species
Species in homotypic genus

In 1824, Kaulfuss used the same name, Hymenolepis, to refer to some ferns in the Polypodiaceae. Names created using this illegitimate generic name:

  1. Hymenolepis callifolia C.Chr. - Belvisia mucronata Copel.
  2. Hymenolepis glauca (Copel.) C.Chr. - Belvisia glauca (Copel.) Copel.
  3. Hymenolepis minor Copel. - Belvisia mucronata Copel.
  4. Hymenolepis novoguineensis (Rosenst.) C.Chr. - Belvisia novoguineensis (Rosenst.) Copel.
  5. Hymenolepis ophioglossoides Kaulf. - Belvisia spicata (L.f.) Mirb.
  6. Hymenolepis platyrhynchos Kunze - Belvisia platyrhynchos (Kunze) Copel.
  7. Hymenolepis rigidissima C.Chr.- ?
  8. Hymenolepis spicata (L.f.) C.Presl - Belvisia spicata (L.f.) Mirb.
  9. Hymenolepis validinervis Kunze - Belvisia validinervis (Kunze) Copel.
  10. Hymenolepis vaupelii Hieron. ex C. Chr. - Belvisia mucronata Copel.

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