Amellus

Amellus is a genus of flowering plants in the family, Asteraceae described as a genus by Linnaeus in 1759.[2][3]

Amellus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Tribe:	Astereae
Genus:	Amellus L. 1759, conserved name, not P.Browne 1756 nor Adans. 1763 nor Ortega ex Willd. 1803[1]
Type species
Amellus lychnitis (syn of A. asteroides) L.

Amellus is native to southern Africa (South Africa, Namibia, Botswana).[4]

Species[5]

• Amellus alternifolius Roth - Cape Province
• Amellus asteroides (L.) Druce - Cape Province
• Amellus capensis (Walp.) Hutch. - Cape Province
• Amellus coilopodius DC. - Cape Province
• Amellus epaleaceus O.Hoffm. - Namibia, Cape Province
• Amellus flosculosus DC. - Namibia, Cape Province
• Amellus microglossus DC. - Cape Province; naturalised in Britain
• Amellus nanus DC. - Namibia, Cape Province
• Amellus reductus Rommel - Namibia, Botswana
• Amellus strigosus (Thunb.) Less. - Cape Province
• Amellus tenuifolius Burm.f. - Cape Province
• Amellus tridactylus DC. - Cape Province, Free State

References

1. Tropicos, search for Amellus
2. Linnaeus, Carl von. 1759. Systema Naturae, Editio Decima 2: 1225, 1377
3. Tropicos, Amellus L.
4. "Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist". Archived from the original on 2014-11-05. Retrieved 2014-11-05.
5. The Plant List, search for Amellus