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Serruria
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Serruria, or spiderhead is a genus of flowering plants in the family Proteaceae, endemic to South Africa.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderProteales
- FamilyProteaceae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 253
- With media
- 181
- Family
- Proteaceae
- Collections
- DES, RSA, A, GH, ANSP, MO
- Recorded in
- South Africa, Tanzania
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Proteaceae
- Image
- Serruria florida.jpg
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- taxon name
- Serruria
- taxon rank
- genus
- topic's main category
- Category:Serruria
- Commons category
- Serruria
- taxon common name
- 娇娘花属
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Serruria, or spiderhead is a genus of flowering plants in the family Proteaceae, endemic to South Africa.
== Names == Serruria was named in honor of , a professor of botany at the Utrecht University early in the eighteenth century. It is called spiderhead in English and spinnekopbos in Afrikaans, because of the silky, finely divided leaves looking like they are covered in spiders webs.
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