Hertia

Hertia cheirifolia

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Asterales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Campanulids Ordo: Asterales

Familia: Asteraceae
Subfamilia: Asteroideae
Tribus: Senecioneae
Subtribus: Othonninae
Genus: Hertia
Species: H. alata – H. angustifolia – H. cheirifolia – H. ciliata – H. cluytiifolia – H. intermedia – H. kraussii – H. maroccana – H. pallens

Source(s) of checklist:
Hassler, M. 2018. Hertia. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2018. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Feb. 26. Reference page.

Name

Hertia Less., Linnaea 6: 94 (1831).

• Type species: Hertia crassifolia (L.) Less.

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Hertia Neck., Elem. Bot. 1: 8 (1790), opus utiq. oppr.
• Heterotypic
  • Othonnopsis Jaub. & Spach, Ill. Pl. Orient. 4(36): 90 (1852).
    • Type species: Othonnopsis angustifolia (DC.) Jaub. & Spach

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa Regional: Northern Africa Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia. Regional: Southern Africa Botswana, Cape Provinces, Namibia, Free State, Northern Provinces. Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: Western Asia Afghanistan, Iran. Continental: Asia-Tropical Regional: Indian Subcontinent Pakistan. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Lessing, C.F. 1831. Synanthereae Rich. In: Chamisso, L.K.A.v. & Schlechtendal, D.F.L.v. (ed.): De plantis in Expeditione Romanzoffiana observatis disserere pergitur. Linnaea 6(1): 83–170. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Hassler, M. 2018. Hertia. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2018. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Feb. 26. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2018. Hertia. Published online. Accessed: Feb. 26 2018.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2018. Hertia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Feb. 26. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2018. Hertia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 26 Feb. 2018.
• Farr, E.R. & Zijlstra, G. (eds.) 1996 onwards. Hertia in Index Nominum Genericorum (Plantarum). Accessed: 2022 Jun 17.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Hertia in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12.

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