Macledium

Macledium zeyheri

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: Dicomoideae
Genus: Macledium
Species: M. anmadochrissum – M. auriculatum – M. canum – M. ellipticum – M. gossweileri – M. grandidieri – M. humile – M. kirkii – M. nanum – M. oblongum – M. plantaginifolium – M. poggei – M. pretoriense – M. relhanioides – M. sessiliflorum – M. speciosum – M. spinosum – M. zeyheri

Name

Macledium Cass., Dict. Sci. Nat., ed. 2. [F. Cuvier] 34: 39. (1825)

• Type species: Macledium spinosum (L.) S.Ortiz, Taxon 50(3): 742 (2001) originally designated as synonym Macledium burmanni Cass. (1825)

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Dicoma subgen. Macledium (Cass.) Less., Synop. Comp.: 169 (1832)
  • Dicoma sect. Macledium (Cass.) DC., Prodr. 7: 37 (1838)
    • Typus: Macledium burmanni Cass., nom. illeg.
• Heterotypic
  • Nitelium Cass., Diet. Sci. Nat. 35: 11 (1825)
    • Typus: Nitelium rubescens Cass.
  • Cryptostephane Sch.Bip. Flora 27(2): 782. (1844)
    • Typus: Cryptostephane kraussii Sch.Bip., Flora 27: 782 (1844), nom. inval.
  • Cullumiopsis Drake in Bul,l. Mus. Hist. Nat. (Paris) 5: 103 (1899)
    • Typus: Cullumiopsis grandidieri Drake.
  • Dicoma sect. Pterocoma DC., Prodr. 7: 35 (1838)
    • Typus: Dicoma speciosa DC.
  • Dicoma sect. Barbellatae F.C. Wilson in Bull. Misc. Inf., Kew 1923: 377 (1923) pro min. parte.
    • Typus: non designatus
  • Dicoma sect. Plumosae F.C. Wilson in Bull. Misc. Inform. 1923: 377 (1923) pro max. parte.
    • Typus: non designatus
  • Dicoma sect. Psilocoma sensu Hoffm. in Engler & Prantl, Die Natiirlichen Pflanzenfamilien 4(5): 339 (1893) pro parte, non Harv. (1864)

References

• Cassini, A.H.G. de 1825. Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles, dans lequel on traite méthodiquement des différens êtres de la nature, considérés soit en eux-mêmes, d'aprés l'état actuel de nos connoissances, soit relativement à l'utilité quén peuvent retirer la médecine, l'agriculture, le commerce et les arts. Strasbourg. Edition 2 34: 39.
• African Plants Database (version 3.4.0). Macledium. Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de la Ville de Genève and South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria. Accessed: 2018 Apr. 26.
• Hassler, M. 2018. Macledium. 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 Apr. 25. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2018. Macledium. Published online. Accessed: Ap. 26 2018. Reference page.
• Ortiz, S. 2001. Reinstatement of the genus Macledium Cass.(Asteraceae, Mutisieae): morphological and phylogenetic arguments. Taxon 50(3): 733-744. DOI: 10.2307/1223704 Full text PDF from ResearchGate Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2016. Macledium. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 26 Apr. 2016. Reference page.

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