Caputia is a small genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae, native to South Africa.[2] It may be of hybrid origin.[3] Species in this genus were formerly considered part of the genus Senecio.[1]

Caputia
Caputia tomentosa (formerly known as Senecio haworthii)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Asteroideae
Tribe: Senecioneae
Genus: Caputia
B.Nord. & Pelser[1]

Species

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Currently accepted species include:[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b Nordenstam, B. & Pelser, P. B. 2012. Caputia, a new genus to accommodate four succulent South African Senecioneae (Compositae) species. Compositae Newsletter. 50: 59.
  2. ^ a b "Caputia B.Nord. & Pelser". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
  3. ^ Pelser, Pieter B.; Kennedy, Aaron H.; Tepe, Eric J.; Shidler, Jacob B.; Nordenstam, Bertil; Kadereit, Joachim W.; Watson, Linda E. (2010). "Patterns and causes of incongruence between plastid and nuclear Senecioneae (Asteraceae) phylogenies". American Journal of Botany. 97 (5): 856–873. doi:10.3732/ajb.0900287. PMID 21622451.