''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
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History
Following the Convention on Biological Diversity, the Royal Botanic Gardens in Kew launched Plants of the World Online i ...
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
''Alepidea'' is a genus of about 30 species in the family Apiaceae, all of which are endemic (ecology), endemic to Africa. They occur mainly in southern Africa, but can be found as far north as Ethiopia.
Species
, Plants of the World Online acce ...
'' 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
References
Apioideae
Taxa named by François-Étienne de La Roche
Apioideae genera
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