Mairia

Mairia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Tribe: Astereae [1]
Genus: Mairia
Nees
Type species
Mairia crenata
(Thunb.) Nees
Synonyms[1]
  • Alairia Kuntze

Mairia is a genus of South African flowering plants in the aster tribe within the sunflower family.[2][3]

The genus was named in honour of Louis Maire, half of the South African collecting team of Mund and Maire.[4]

Species[1][5]
  1. Mairia coriacea Bolus
  2. Mairia crenata (Thunb.) Nees
  3. Mairia hirsuta DC.
formerly included[1]

see Aster Felicia Gymnostephium Zyrphelis

  • Mairia burchellii DC. - Zyrphelis burchellii (DC.) Kuntze
  • Mairia corymbosa Harv. - Gymnostephium papposum G.L.Nesom
  • Mairia decumbens Schltr. - Aster decumbens (Schltr.) G.L.Nesom
  • Mairia ecklonis (DC.) Sond. - Zyrphelis ecklonis (DC.) Kuntze
  • Mairia felicioides Hutch. & Corbishley - Felicia ovata (Thunb.) Compton
  • Mairia foliosa Harv. - Zyrphelis foliosa (Harv.) Kuntze
  • Mairia lasiocarpa DC. - Zyrphelis lasiocarpa (DC.) Kuntze
  • Mairia microcephala (Less.) DC. - Zyrphelis microcephala (Less.) Nees
  • Mairia montana Schltr. - Zyrphelis montana (Schltr.) G.L.Nesom
  • Mairia perezioides (Less.) Nees - Zyrphelis perezioides (Less.) G.L.Nesom
  • Mairia taxifolia (L.) DC. - Zyrphelis taxifolia (L.) Nees

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist Archived 2014-11-06 at Archive.is
  2. ↑ Nees von Esenbeck, Christian Gottfried Daniel. 1932. Genera et Species Asterearum 247
  3. ↑ Tropicos, Mairia Nees
  4. ↑ Calflora Plant Names
  5. ↑ 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).


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