Oedera

Oedera is a genus of African flowering plants in the tribe Gnaphalieae within the family Asteraceae. The genus is named in honor of the Danish botanist Georg Christian Oeder.

Oedera
Oedera capensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Asteroideae
Tribe: Gnaphalieae
Genus: Oedera
L. 1771, conserved name, not Crantz 1768 (syn of Dracaena in Asparagaceae)[1]
Synonyms
  • Eroeda Levyns

The species have yellow central and ray florets in their flower-heads. Their seeds all have a little crown of scales, and the leaves are often fragrant and unpalatable for stock grazing.[2]

Species
  • Oedera capensis (L.) Druce
  • Oedera conferta (Hutch.) Anderb. & K.Bremer
  • Oedera epaleacea Beyers
  • Oedera foveolata (K.Bremer) Anderb. & K.Bremer
  • Oedera genistifolia (L.) Anderb. & K.Bremer
  • Oedera hirta Thunb.
  • Oedera imbricata Lam.
  • Oedera laevis DC.
  • Oedera multipunctata (DC.) Anderb. & K.Bremer
  • Oedera nordenstamii (K.Bremer) Anderb. & K.Bremer
  • Oedera resinifera (K.Bremer) Anderb. & K.Bremer
  • Oedera sedifolia (DC.) Anderb. & K.Bremer
  • Oedera silicicola (K.Bremer) Anderb. & K.Bremer
  • Oedera squarrosa (L.) Anderb. & K.Bremer
  • Oedera steyniae (L.Bolus) Anderb. & K.Bremer
  • Oedera uniflora (L.f.) Anderb. & K.Bremer
  • Oedera viscosa (L'Hér.) Anderb. & K.Bremer
formerly included

see Flaveria Heterolepis Hirpicium

  • Oedera aliena L.f. - Heterolepis aliena (L.f.) Druce
  • Oedera alienata Thunb. - Hirpicium alienatum (Thunb.) Druce
  • Oedera trinervia Spreng. - Flaveria trinervia (Spreng.) C.Mohr

References

  1. Tropicos, search for Oedera
  2. "Oedera capensis factsheet". Lucid Central. Retrieved 2018-01-26.


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