Denekia

Denekia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae.[3][4]

Denekia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Asteroideae
Tribe: Astereae
Subtribe: Denekiinae
G.L.Nesom
Genus: Denekia
Thunb. 1801
Species:
D. capensis
Binomial name
Denekia capensis
Synonyms[1][2]
  • Denekia Thunb. 1800, name published without description, with description in 1801 publication
  • Denekia capensis var. latifolia DC.
  • Denekia glabrata DC.
  • Amphidoxa glandulosa Klatt
  • Denekia capensis var. minor DC.

There is only one known species, Denekia capensis, native to southern and tropical Africa (South Africa, Lesotho, Eswatini, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Angola, Malawi, Tanzania).[2]

References
  1. Tropicos, search for Denekia
  2. Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
  3. Thunberg, Carl Peter. 1801. Nova Genera Plantarum 177
  4. Tropicos, Denekia Thunb.


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