Alepidea
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| Flowerheads from above of Alepidea masaica, photographed along the Chogoria route, Mount Kenya, at approximately 3000 m altitude | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Apiales |
| Family: | Apiaceae |
| Subfamily: | Apioideae |
| Tribe: | Saniculeae |
| Genus: | Alepidea F.Delaroche[1] |
| Species | |
Alepidea is a genus of about 30 species in the family Apiaceae, all of which are endemic to Africa. They occur mainly in southern Africa,[2] but can be found as far north as Ethiopia.[3]
Species
[edit]As of December 2022[update], Plants of the World Online accepted the following species:[3]
- Alepidea acutidens Weim.
- Alepidea amatymbica Eckl. & Zeyh.
- Alepidea angustifolia Schltr. & H.Wolff
- Alepidea attenuata Weim.
- Alepidea calocephala Schltr. & H.Wolff
- Alepidea capensis (P.J.Bergius) R.A.Dyer
- Alepidea cirsiifolia Schltr. & H.Wolff
- Alepidea comosa Dümmer
- Alepidea concinna Dümmer
- Alepidea cordifolia B.-E.van Wyk
- Alepidea delicatula Weim.
- Alepidea duplidens Weim.
- Alepidea galpinii Dümmer
- Alepidea inflexa S.-L.Hutch. & Magee
- Alepidea insculpta Hilliard & B.L.Burtt
- Alepidea jenkinsii R.Pott
- Alepidea longeciliata Schinz ex Dümmer
- Alepidea longipetiolata Schltr. & H.Wolff
- Alepidea macowanii Dümmer
- Alepidea multisecta B.L.Burtt
- Alepidea natalensis J.M.Wood & M.S.Evans
- Alepidea peduncularis Steud. ex A.Rich.
- Alepidea pilifera Weim.
- Alepidea pusilla Weim.
- Alepidea schlechteri H.Wolff
- Alepidea serrata Eckl. & Zeyh.
- Alepidea setifera N.E.Br.
- Alepidea stellata Weim.
- Alepidea thodei Dümmer
- Alepidea woodii Oliv.
- Alepidea wyliei Dümmer
References
[edit]- ^ "Alepidea F.Delaroche", The International Plant Names Index, retrieved 2022-12-23
- ^ de Castro, A.; van Wyk, B. -E. (1994-12-01). "Diagnostic characters and geographic distribution of Alepidea species used in traditional medicine". South African Journal of Botany. 60 (6): 345–350. doi:10.1016/S0254-6299(16)30590-7. ISSN 0254-6299.345-350&rft.date=1994-12-01&rft_id=info:doi/10.1016/S0254-6299(16)30590-7&rft.issn=0254-6299&rft.aulast=de Castro&rft.aufirst=A.&rft.au=van Wyk, B. -E.&rft_id=https://doi.org/10.1016%2FS0254-6299%2816%2930590-7&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Alepidea" class="Z3988">
- ^ a b "Alepidea F.Delaroche", Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2022-12-23
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