| Athrixia | |
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| A. phylicoides | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Subfamily: | Asteroideae |
| Tribe: | Gnaphalieae |
| Genus: | Athrixia Ker Gawl. |
| Species | |
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15; see text | |
Athrixia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. It includes 15 species of perennial herbs or shrubs native to eastern and southern Africa, ranging from Ethiopia to South Africa including Madagascar.
15 species are accepted:
- Athrixia angustissima DC.
- Athrixia arachnoidea J.M.Wood & M.S.Evans ex J.M.Wood
- Athrixia capensis Ker Gawl.
- Athrixia citrina
- Athrixia crinita (L.) Druce
- Athrixia debilis DC.
- Athrixia elata Sond.
- Athrixia fontana MacOwan
- Athrixia fontinalis Wild
- Athrixia gerrardii Harv.
- Athrixia heterophylla (Thunb.) Less.
- Athrixia nyassana S.Moore
- Athrixia oblonga S.Moore
- Athrixia phylicoides DC.
- Athrixia rosmarinifolia (Sch.Bip. ex Walp.) Oliv. & Hiern
- Athrixia subsimplex Brenan
References
- ^ Athrixia Ker Gawl. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 19 October 2023.
- ^ Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
- Ker Gawler, John Bellenden. 1823. Botanical Register; Consisting of Coloured Figures of Exotic Plants Cultivated in British Gardens; with their History and Mode of Treatment 8, plate 681
- Tropicos, Athrixia Ker Gawl.
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