''Alepidea'' is a genus of about 30
species
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in the family
Apiaceae
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, all of which are
endemic
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to
Africa
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. They occur mainly in southern Africa,
but can be found as far north as
Ethiopia
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.
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Species
, Plants of the World Online accepted the following species:[
*'' Alepidea acutidens'' Weim.
*'' Alepidea amatymbica'' Eckl. & Zeyh.
*'' Alepidea angustifolia'' Schltr. & H.Wolff
*'' Alepidea attenuata'' Weim.
*'' Alepidea calocephala'' Schltr. & H.Wolff
*'' Alepidea capensis'' (P.J.Bergius) R.A.Dyer
*'' Alepidea cirsiifolia'' Schltr. & H.Wolff
*'' Alepidea comosa'' Dümmer
*'' Alepidea concinna'' Dümmer
*'' Alepidea cordifolia'' B.-E.van Wyk
*'' Alepidea delicatula'' Weim.
*'' Alepidea duplidens'' Weim.
*'' Alepidea galpinii'' Dümmer
*'' Alepidea inflexa'' S.-L.Hutch. & Magee
*'' Alepidea insculpta'' Hilliard & B.L.Burtt
*'' Alepidea jenkinsii'' R.Pott
*'' Alepidea longeciliata'' Schinz ex Dümmer
*'' Alepidea longipetiolata'' Schltr. & H.Wolff
*'' Alepidea macowanii'' Dümmer
*'' Alepidea multisecta'' B.L.Burtt
*'' Alepidea natalensis'' J.M.Wood & M.S.Evans
*'' Alepidea peduncularis'' Steud. ex A.Rich.
*'' Alepidea pilifera'' Weim.
*'' Alepidea pusilla'' Weim.
*'' Alepidea schlechteri'' H.Wolff
*'' Alepidea serrata'' Eckl. & Zeyh.
*'' Alepidea setifera'' N.E.Br.
*'' Alepidea stellata'' Weim.
*'' Alepidea thodei'' Dümmer
*'' Alepidea woodii'' Oliv.
*'' Alepidea wyliei'' Dümmer
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References
Apioideae
Taxa named by François-Étienne de La Roche
Apioideae genera
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