''Oedera'' is a genus of
Africa
Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent, after Asia in both cases. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of Earth's total surface area ...
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flowering plant
Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (), commonly called angiosperms. The term "angiosperm" is derived from the Greek words ('container, vessel') and ('seed'), and refers to those plants th ...
s in the tribe
Gnaphalieae
The Gnaphalieae are a tribe of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. It is most closely related to the tribes Anthemideae, Astereae, and Calenduleae.
Characteristics
This group is most diverse in South America, Southern Africa and Australi ...
within the family
Asteraceae
The family Asteraceae, alternatively Compositae, consists of over 32,000 known species of flowering plants in over 1,900 genera within the order Asterales. Commonly referred to as the aster, daisy, composite, or sunflower family, Compositae w ...
. The genus is named in honor of the Danish botanist
Georg Christian Oeder
Georg Christian Edler von Oldenburg Oeder (3 February 172828 January 1791) was a German-Danish botanist, medical doctor, economist and social reformer. His name is particularly associated with the initiation of the plate work ''Flora Danica''.
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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.
; Species
Species accepted by the
Plants of the World Online
Plants of the World Online (POWO) is an online database published by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. It was launched in March 2017 with the ultimate aim being "to enable users to access information on all the world's known seed-bearing plants by ...
as of March 2024:
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Oedera acerosa''
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Oedera calycina''
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Oedera capensis''
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Oedera conferta''
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Oedera corymbosa''
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Oedera decussata''
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Oedera dieterlenii''
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Oedera epaleacea''
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Oedera flavicoma''
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Oedera foveolata''
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Oedera fruticosa''
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Oedera garnotii''
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Oedera genistifolia''
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Oedera glandulosa''
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Oedera hirta''
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Oedera humilis''
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Oedera imbricata''
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Oedera intermedia''
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Oedera laevis''
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Oedera longipes''
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Oedera montana''
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Oedera muirii''
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Oedera multipunctata''
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Oedera nordenstamii''
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Oedera oppositifolia''
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Oedera pungens''
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Oedera relhanioides''
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Oedera resinifera''
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Oedera rotundifolia''
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Oedera sedifolia''
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Oedera silicicola''
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Oedera spathulifolia''
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Oedera speciosa''
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Oedera spinescens''
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Oedera squarrosa''
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Oedera steyniae''
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Oedera tricephala''
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Oedera uniflora''
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Oedera virgata''
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Oedera viscosa''
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see ''
Flaveria Heterolepis Hirpicium
''Hirpicium'' is a genus of Africa
Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent, after Asia in both cases. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it co ...
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* ''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
Flora of Africa
Asteraceae genera
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