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Athanasia
Sign in to saveAthanasia is a genus of flowering plants in the daisy family.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderAsterales
- FamilyAsteraceae
Native toCape Provinces, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Namibia
Observations recorded7,994
Common Name: klaas louw
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 63
- With media
- 53
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Collections
- NY, MO, ANSP, MNHN, UPS
- Recorded in
- South Africa, Afrique Australe, Spain
Wikidata facts
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- Parent taxon
- Asteraceae
- Image
- Athanasia crithmifolia 1DS-II 1-C4716.jpg
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Encyclopedic overview
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Athanasia is a genus of flowering plants in the daisy family. Species Athanasia is native to southern Africa. The name is derived from the Greek a-, 'without', and thanatos 'death', alluding to the persistent dry involucral bracts.
==References==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Athanasia” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.