Capasters
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Felicia aethiopica subsp. ecklonis |
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The Kapastern ( Felicia ) is a genus within the family of the daisy family (Asteraceae). Of the approximately 83 species, 80 are distributed in southern Africa and only three are found on the Arabian Peninsula .
description
Illustration by Felicia petiolata
Flowers Basket of Felicia Amelloides ( Felicia amelloides ) in detail
The capaster species grow as annual or perennial herbaceous plants to evergreen subshrubs . The leaves are alternate or opposite in some species, they are simple or pinnate.
It forms a few to numerous terminal head-shaped inflorescences that do not close at night. The flower heads contain ray flowers (daisies) and disc florets (disc florets). The pollination is done by insects.
They form achenes with a single row pappus .
Systematics and distribution
Habitus and flower heads of Felicia bergeriana
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Habitus and flower heads of Felicia fruticosa subsp. fruticosa
Habitus and flower heads of Felicia rosulata
Flower heads of Felicia uliginosa in different stages of development
The genus Felicia was established by Alexandre Henri Gabriel de Cassini . Synonyms for Felicia Cass. are: Agathaea Cass. , Charieis Cass. The genus Felicia belongs to the subtribe Homochrominae from the tribe Astereae in the subfamily Asteroideae within the family Asteraceae .
Of the approximately 83 species, 80 are distributed in southern Africa and only three are found on the Arabian Peninsula .
About 83 species belong to the genus Felicia :
- Felicia abyssinica Sch.Bip. ex A.Rich. : It occurs in Ethiopia, Somalia, Sudan, Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia, Saudi Arabia and Yemen.
- Felicia aculeata gray
- Felicia aethiopica (Burm. F.) Gray
- Felicia alba gray
- Kapaster ( Felicia amelloides ( L. ) Voss , Syn .: Aster rotundifolius Thunb. , Cineraria amelloides L. , Agathaea amelloides (L.) DC. ): It occurs in South Africa.
- Felicia amoena (Sch.Bip.) Levyns : It occurs in South Africa.
- Felicia annectens (Harv.) Gray
- Felicia anthemidodes (Hiern) Mendonça
- Felicia australis (Alston) E. Phillips
- Felicia bampsiana Lisowski
- Felicia bechuanica Mattf.
- Felicia bellidioides Schltr.
- Felicia bergeriana (explosive) O. Hoffm. (Syn .: Cineraria bergeriana Spreng. ): It occurs in South Africa.
- Felicia boehmii O. Hoffm.
- Felicia brevifolia (DC.) Gray
- Felicia burkei (Harv.) L.Bolus
- Felicia caespitosa gray
- Felicia cameronii F. Muell.
- Felicia cana DC.
- Felicia canaliculata gray
- Felicia clavipilosa gray
- Felicia comptonii gray
- Felicia cymbalariae (Aiton) Bolus & Wolley-Dod ex Adamson & TMSalter
- Felicia cymbalarioides (DC.) Gray
- Felicia dentata (A.Rich.) Dandy
- Felicia denticulata gray
- Felicia deserti Schltr. ex gray
- Felicia diffusa (DC.) Gray
- Felicia drakensbergensis J.M.Wood & MSEvans
- Felicia dregei DC.
- Felicia dubia Cass.
- Felicia ebracteata gray
- Felicia echinata (Thunb.) Nees : It occurs in South Africa.
- Felicia elongata (Thunb.) O. Hoffm. ex O. Hoffm.
- Felicia esterhuyseniae gray
- Felicia fascicularis DC.
- Felicia ferulacea Compton
- Felicia filifolia (Vent.) Burtt Davy (Syn .: Aster filifolius Vent. ): It occurs in South Africa, Lesotho and Namibia.
- Felicia flanaganii bolus
- Felicia flava Beentje
- Felicia fruticosa (L.) G.Nicholson (Syn .: Aster fruticosus L. ): It occurs in South Africa.
- Felicia grantii gray
- Felicia gunillae B. North .
- Felicia heterophylla (Cass.) Grau (Syn .: Charieis heterophylla Cass. ): It occurs in South Africa.
- Felicia hirsuta DC.
- Felicia hirta (Thunb.) Gray
- Felicia hispida (DC.) Gray
- Felicia josephinae J.C. Manning & Goldblatt
- Felicia joubertinae gray
- Felicia lasiocarpa DC.
- Felicia linearis N.E.Br.
- Felicia linifolia (Harv.) Gray
- Felicia macrorrhiza (Thunb.) DC.
- Felicia merxmuelleri gray
- Felicia microcephala gray
- Felicia microsperma DC.
- Felicia minima (Hutch.) Gray
- Felicia monocephala gray
- Felicia monticola Compton
- Felicia mossamedensis (Here) Mendonça
- Felicia muricata (Thunb.) Nees : It occurs in Kenya, Tanzania, Zimbabwe, Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, Swaziland and South Africa.
- Felicia namaquana (Harv.) Merxm.
- Felicia nigrescens gray
- Felicia nordenstamii gray
- Felicia odorata Compton
- Felicia oleosa gray
- Felicia ovata (Thunb.) Compton
- Felicia petiolata (Harv.) NEBr.
- Felicia petitiana Lisowski
- Felicia puberula gray
- Felicia quinquenervia (Klatt) gray
- Felicia rogersii S.Moore
- Felicia rosulata Yeo (Syn .: Agathaea natalensis Sch.Bip. , Aster natalensis (Sch.Bip.) Harv. , Felicia natalensis (Sch.Bip.) Schltr. ): It comes in Lesotho. Swaziland and South Africa.
- Felicia scabrida (DC.) Range
- Felicia serrata (Thunb.) Gray
- Felicia smaragdina (S.Moore) Merxm.
- Felicia stenophylla gray
- Felicia tenella (L.) Nees
- Felicia tenera (DC.) Gray
- Felicia tsitsikamae gray
- Felicia uliginosa (JMWood & MSEvans) gray (Syn .: Aster uliginosus J.M.Wood & MSEvans , Solidago uliginosa Nutt. ): It occurs in Lesotho and KwaZulu-Natal.
- Felicia venusta S.Moore
- Felicia welwitschii (here) gray
- Felicia westae (Fourc.) Gray
- Felicia whitehillensis Compton
- Felicia wrightii Hilliard & BLBurtt
- Felicia zeyheri (Less.) Nees
literature
- Jürke Grau : Revision of the genus Felicia (Asteraceae) , In: Mitteilungen der Botanische Staatssammlung München , 1973, Volume 9, p. 492.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l Felicia in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), USDA , ARS , National Genetic Resources Program. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
- ↑ a b Entry in the BiodiversityExplorer of the Iziko Museum of Cape Town.
- ↑ Enter the taxon in the search mask for The Global Compositae Checklist .
Web links
Commons : Kapastern ( Felicia ) - Collection of images, videos and audio files
