Cuspidia

Cuspidia

Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Tribe:	Arctotideae
Genus:	Cuspidia Gaertn.
Binomial name
*Cuspidia cernua* (L.f.) B.L.Burtt
Synonyms^[1]^[2]
Gorteria cernua L.f. Aspidalis Gaertn. Aspidalis araneosa Gaertn. Agriphyllum echinatum Desf. Berkheya cernua R.Br. Cuspidia araneosa (Meerb.) Gaertn. Cuspidia castrata Cass.

Cuspidia is a genus of flowering plants in the daisy family.^[2]^[3]

There is only one known species, Cuspidia cernua, native to the Cape Province region of South Africa.^[1]

References

1 2 Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
1 2 Tropicos, Cuspidia Gaertn.
↑ Gaertner, Joseph. 1791. De Fructibus et Seminibus Plantarum 2: 454 in Latin

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