Oedera

Oedera
	Oedera capensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Subfamily:	Asteroideae
Tribe:	Gnaphalieae
Genus:	Oedera; L. 1771, conserved name, not Crantz 1768 (syn of Dracaena in Asparagaceae)
Synonyms
	Eroeda Levyns; Antithrixia DC.; Comborhiza Anderb. & K.Bremer; Eclopes Banks ex Gaertn.; Lapeirousia Thunb., nom. illeg.; Oederia DC., orth. var.; Oreoleysera K.Bremer; Osmites L., nom. rej.; Peyrousea DC., nom. rej.; Polychaetia Tausch ex Less.; Relhania L'Hér., nom. cons.; Rosenia Thunb. ;

Oedera is a genus of African flowering plants in the tribe Gnaphalieae within the family Asteraceae. The genus is named in honor of the Danish botanist Georg Christian Oeder.

The species have yellow central and ray florets in their flower-heads. Their seeds all have a little crown of scales, and the leaves are often fragrant and unpalatable for stock grazing.^[3]

Species

Species accepted by the Plants of the World Online as of March 2024:^[2]

Oedera acerosa (DC.) N.G.Bergh
Oedera calycina (L.f.) N.G.Bergh
Oedera capensis (L.) Druce
Oedera conferta (Hutch.) Anderb. & K.Bremer
Oedera corymbosa (Bolus) N.G.Bergh
Oedera decussata (L'Hér.) N.G.Bergh
Oedera dieterlenii (E.Phillips) N.G.Bergh
Oedera epaleacea Beyers
Oedera flavicoma (DC.) N.G.Bergh
Oedera foveolata (K.Bremer) Anderb. & K.Bremer
Oedera fruticosa (L.) N.G.Bergh
Oedera garnotii (Less.) N.G.Bergh
Oedera genistifolia (L.) Anderb. & K.Bremer
Oedera glandulosa (Thunb.) N.G.Bergh
Oedera hirta Thunb.
Oedera humilis (Less.) N.G.Bergh
Oedera imbricata Lam.
Oedera intermedia DC.
Oedera laevis DC.
Oedera longipes (K.Bremer) N.G.Bergh
Oedera montana (Bolus) N.G.Bergh
Oedera muirii C.A.Sm.
Oedera multipunctata (DC.) Anderb. & K.Bremer
Oedera nordenstamii (K.Bremer) Anderb. & K.Bremer
Oedera oppositifolia (DC.) N.G.Bergh
Oedera pungens (L'Hér.) N.G.Bergh
Oedera relhanioides (Schltr.) N.G.Bergh
Oedera resinifera (K.Bremer) Anderb. & K.Bremer
Oedera rotundifolia (Less.) N.G.Bergh
Oedera sedifolia (DC.) Anderb. & K.Bremer
Oedera silicicola (K.Bremer) Anderb. & K.Bremer
Oedera spathulifolia (K.Bremer) N.G.Bergh
Oedera speciosa (DC.) N.G.Bergh
Oedera spinescens (DC.) N.G.Bergh
Oedera squarrosa (L.) Anderb. & K.Bremer
Oedera steyniae (L.Bolus) Anderb. & K.Bremer
Oedera tricephala (DC.) N.G.Bergh
Oedera uniflora (L.f.) Anderb. & K.Bremer
Oedera virgata (N.E.Br.) N.G.Bergh
Oedera viscosa (L'Hér.) Anderb. & K.Bremer

formerly included

see Flaveria Heterolepis Hirpicium

Oedera aliena L.f. - Heterolepis aliena (L.f.) Druce
Oedera alienata Thunb. - Hirpicium alienatum (Thunb.) Druce
Oedera trinervia Spreng. - Flaveria trinervia (Spreng.) C.Mohr

References[edit]

^ Tropicos, search for Oedera
^ ^a ^b "Oedera L." Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2024. Retrieved 24 March 2024.
^ "Oedera capensis factsheet". Lucid Central. Retrieved 2018-01-26.

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[1] Tropicos, search for Oedera

[POWO-2] "Oedera L." Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2024. Retrieved 24 March 2024.

[3] "Oedera capensis factsheet". Lucid Central. Retrieved 2018-01-26.

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