Ceruana

Ceruana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Tribe: Astereae
Genus: Ceruana
Forssk.
Binomial name
Ceruana pratensis
Forssk.
Synonyms[1]
  • Ceruana fruticosa Less.
  • Buphthalmum pratense Vahl
  • Ceruana rotundifolia Cass.
  • Ceruana senegalensis DC.

Ceruana is a genus of flowering plants in the daisy family, Asteraceae.[2][3][4][5][6][7]

There is only one known species, Ceruana pratensis, native to the Sahara and Sahel regions of Africa, from Egypt to Ethiopia to Senegal.[1][8]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
  2. ↑ Forsskål, Pehr. 1775. Flora Aegyptiaco-Arabica lxxiv, 153 in Latin
  3. ↑ Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin-Dahlem. "Details for: Astereae". Euro+Med PlantBase. Freie Universität Berlin. Retrieved 2009-07-18.
  4. ↑ UniProt. "Tribe Astereae" (HTML). Retrieved 2009-07-18.
  5. ↑ National Herbarium of New South Wales. "Genus Kippistia". New South Wales FloraOnline. Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney. Retrieved 2009-07-18.
  6. ↑ "Polyarrhena Cass.". African Plants Database. South African National Biodiversity Institute, the Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de la Ville de Genève and Tela Botanica. Retrieved 2009-07-18.
  7. ↑ Tropicos, Ceruana Forssk.
  8. ↑ The Plant List, Ceruana pratensis Forssk.