Tenrhynea is a genus of Southern African plants in the tribe Gnaphalieae within the family Asteraceae.[3]

Tenrhynea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Asteroideae
Tribe: Gnaphalieae
Genus: Tenrhynea
Hilliard & B.L.Burtt
Species:
T. phylicifolia
Binomial name
Tenrhynea phylicifolia
(DC.) Hilliard & B.L.Burtt
Synonyms[2]
  • Rhynea DC. 1838, illegitimate name not Scop. 1777 (Clusiaceae)[1]
  • Helichrysum phylicaefolium DC.
  • Cassinia phylicifolia (DC.) J.M.Wood
  • Rhynea phylicifolia DC.
Species

The only known species is Tenrhynea phylicifolia, found in Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, and Eswatini[2][4]

References edit

  1. ^ Tropicos search for Rhynea
  2. ^ a b Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist Archived 2015-01-17 at archive.today
  3. ^ Hilliard, Olive Mary & Burtt, Brian Laurence. 1981. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 82: 232
  4. ^ Gibbs Russell, G. E., W. G. M. Welman, E. Retief, K. L. Immelman, G. Germishuizen, B. J. Pienaar, M. Van Wyk & A. Nicholas. 1987. List of species of southern African plants. Memoirs of the Botanical Survey of South Africa 2(1–2): 1–152(pt. 1), 1–270(pt. 2).