''Athanasia'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nom ...

of flowering plants in the daisy family.Tropicos, ''Athanasia'' L.
/ref> ; Species ''Athanasia'' is native to southern

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 ...

.Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
/ref> The name is derived from the

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a-, 'without', and thanatos 'death', alluding to the persistent dry involucral bracts.

References

Asteraceae genera Flora of Southern Africa Anthemideae {{Anthemideae-stub