''Inezia'' is a genus of South African plants in the sunflower family.

Etymology

The genus name honours

Inez Clare Verdoorn Inez Clare Verdoorn (15 June 1896 – 2 April 1989) was a South African botanist and taxonomist, noted for her major revisions of plant families and genera. She is also a niece of Eugène Marais, Eugene Nielen Marais, lawyer, Natural history, na ...

(1896–1989), a South African

taxonomist In biology, taxonomy () is the scientific study of naming, defining ( circumscribing) and classifying groups of biological organisms based on shared characteristics. Organisms are grouped into taxa (singular: taxon) and these groups are given ...

Description

The species ''Inezia integrifolia'' was first described by Klatt as ''Lidbeckia integrifolia'' and occurs in

Mpumalanga Mpumalanga () is a province of South Africa. The name means "East", or literally "The Place Where the Sun Rises" in the Swazi, Xhosa, Ndebele and Zulu languages. Mpumalanga lies in eastern South Africa, bordering Eswatini and Mozambique. It ...

and

Eswatini Eswatini ( ; ss, eSwatini ), officially the Kingdom of Eswatini and formerly named Swaziland ( ; officially renamed in 2018), is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. It is bordered by Mozambique to its northeast and South Africa to its no ...

. It is described by Phillips as "a perennial herb with unbranched stems from a woody rootstock; leaves alternate, linear to lanceolate, punctate, pilose; heads solitary, terminal, peduncled." ; SpeciesFlann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
/ref> * '' Inezia integrifolia'' (Klatt) E.Phillips - Mpumalanga, Eswatini * '' Inezia speciosa'' Brusse -

Limpopo Limpopo is the northernmost province of South Africa. It is named after the Limpopo River, which forms the province's western and northern borders. The capital and largest city in the province is Polokwane, while the provincial legislature is ...

Red List of South African Plants, ''Inezia speciosa'' Brusse
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References

Flora of Southern Africa Anthemideae Asteraceae genera Taxa named by Edwin Percy Phillips {{Anthemideae-stub