Hymenolepis (plant)

Hymenolepis
Hymenolepis parviflora
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Tribe:	Anthemideae[1]
Genus:	Hymenolepis Cassini (1817) not Kaulf. 1824 (syn of Belvisia in Polypodiaceae)
Synonyms[1]
Cirsium sect. Hymenolepis C.Shih Phaeocephalus S.Moore Oligodora DC.

Hymenolepis is a South African genus of flowering plants in the daisy family.^[2][3][4]

Hymenolepis is differentiated from Athanasia by the pappus scales and slender capitulum.^[2] Some Euryops species are similar, but are distinguishable by their smaller flower heads that appear earlier, and their undivided leaves.

Species^[1][5]

Species in homotypic genus^[5][6]

In 1824, Kaulfuss^[7] used the same name, Hymenolepis, to refer to some ferns in the Polypodiaceae. Names created using this illegitimate generic name:

1. Hymenolepis callifolia C.Chr. - Belvisia mucronata Copel.
2. Hymenolepis glauca (Copel.) C.Chr. - Belvisia glauca (Copel.) Copel.
3. Hymenolepis minor Copel. - Belvisia mucronata Copel.
4. Hymenolepis novoguineensis (Rosenst.) C.Chr. - Belvisia novoguineensis (Rosenst.) Copel.
5. Hymenolepis ophioglossoides Kaulf. - Belvisia spicata (L.f.) Mirb.
6. Hymenolepis platyrhynchos Kunze - Belvisia platyrhynchos (Kunze) Copel.
7. Hymenolepis rigidissima C.Chr.- ?
8. Hymenolepis spicata (L.f.) C.Presl - Belvisia spicata (L.f.) Mirb.
9. Hymenolepis validinervis Kunze - Belvisia validinervis (Kunze) Copel.
10. Hymenolepis vaupelii Hieron. ex C. Chr. - Belvisia mucronata Copel.

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