Phaenocoma
| False Everlasting | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Phaenocoma prolifera in flower | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Subfamily: | Asteroideae |
| Tribe: | Gnaphalieae[1] |
| Genus: | Phaenocoma D.Don |
| Binomial name | |
| Phaenocoma prolifera (L.) D.Don | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
|
Xeranthemum proliferum L. | |
Phaenocoma is a genus of South African plants in the pussy's-toes tribe within the sunflower family.[2] The name is derived from the Greek roots φαίνω (to shine) and κόμη (hair), which refer to dry and shiny involucral bracts.[3][4]
- Species
There is only one known species, Phaenocoma prolifera, native to the Fynbos shrublands of western South Africa.[1][5]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
- ↑ Manning, John; Paterson-Jones, Colin (2007). Field Guide to Fynbos. p. 392. ISBN 978-1-77007-265-7.
- ↑ Don, David. 1826. Memoirs of the Wernerian Natural History Society 5: 554
- ↑ Tropicos, Phaenocoma D. Don
- ↑ Gibbs Russell, G. E., W. G. M. Welman, E. Retief, K. L. Immelman, G. Germishuizen, B. J. Pienaar, M. Van Wyk & A. Nicholas. 1987. List of species of southern African plants. Memoirs of the Botanical Survey of South Africa 2(1–2): 1–152(pt. 1), 1–270(pt. 2).