Syncarpha

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Syncarpha
Syncarpha vestita
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Tribe: Gnaphalieae
Genus: Syncarpha
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Syncarpha is a genus of some 28 species of herbaceous flowering plants in the daisy family Asteraceae. The flowers are known by the common name: Everlastings. The genus is endemic to the fynbos of the Eastern and Western Cape in South Africa.[1]


Species

Syncarpha species include:

  • Syncarpha argentea (Silver Everlasting)
  • Syncarpha argyropsis (= Helipterum argyropsis) (White everlasting)
  • Syncarpha canescens (Pink everlasting)
  • Syncarpha chlorochrysum (Gold everlasting)
  • Syncarpha eximia (Strawberry everlasting)
  • Syncarpha gnaphaloides (Vlaktetee)
  • Syncarpha paniculata
  • Syncarpha speciosissima (Cape everlasting)
  • Syncarpha vestita (Cape snow)

References

  1. Manning, John (2008), Field Guide to Fynbos (2nd ed.), Cape Town: Struik Publishers, ISBN 978-1-77007-265-7, OCLC 191891070 


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