Alepidea
Flowerheads from above of the umbellifer species "Alepidea masaica", photographed along the Chogoria route, Mount Kenya, at approximately 3000 m altitude
Flowerheads from above of Alepidea masaica, photographed along the Chogoria route, Mount Kenya, at approximately 3000 m altitude
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Apiales
Family: Apiaceae
Subfamily: Apioideae
Tribe: Saniculeae
Genus: Alepidea
F.Delaroche[1]
Species

See text.

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

As of December 2022, 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

  1. ↑ "Alepidea F.Delaroche", The International Plant Names Index, retrieved 2022-12-23
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. 1 2 "Alepidea F.Delaroche", Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2022-12-23


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