Amellus

Amellus is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae described as a genus by Linnaeus in 1759.

Amellus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Asteroideae
Tribe: Astereae
Subtribe: Homochrominae
Genus: Amellus
L. 1759, conserved name, not P.Browne 1756 nor Adans. 1763 nor Ortega ex Willd. 1803
Type species
Amellus lychnitis (syn of A. asteroides)

Amellus is native to southern Africa (South Africa, Namibia, Botswana).

Species
  • Amellus alternifolius Roth - Cape Province
  • Amellus asteroides (L.) Druce - Cape Province
  • Amellus capensis (Walp.) Hutch. - Cape Province
  • Amellus coilopodius DC. - Cape Province
  • Amellus epaleaceus O.Hoffm. - Namibia, Cape Province
  • Amellus flosculosus DC. - Namibia, Cape Province
  • Amellus microglossus DC. - Cape Province; naturalised in Britain
  • Amellus nanus DC. - Namibia, Cape Province
  • Amellus reductus Rommel - Namibia, Botswana
  • Amellus strigosus (Thunb.) Less. - Cape Province
  • Amellus tenuifolius Burm.f. - Cape Province
  • Amellus tridactylus DC. - Cape Province, Free State
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