Chlamydophora

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Cladus: Campanulids
Ordo: Asterales

Familia: Asteraceae
Subfamilia: Asteroideae
Tribus: Anthemideae
Subtribus: Leucantheminae
Genus: Chlamydophora
Species: C. tridentata
Name

Chlamydophora Ehrenb. ex Less., Syn. Gen. Compos. 265 (1832).

monotypic taxon

References
Primary references

Lessing, C.F. 1832. Synopsis Generum Compositarum Earumque Dispositionis Novae Tentamen Monographiis Multarum Capensium Interjectis... 473 pp. Berolini [Berlin].. BHL Reference page.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Chlamydophora in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 Nov 17. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2021. Chlamydophora. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 Nov 17.
International Plant Names Index. 2021. Chlamydophora. Published online. Accessed: 17 Nov 2021.
Hassler, M. 2021. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Chlamydophora. Accessed: 17 Nov 2021.
Hassler, M. 2021. Chlamydophora. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2021. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 Nov 17. Reference page.

Chlamydophora is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the aster family, Asteraceae, containing the single species Chlamydophora tridentata. It is native to Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Greece, and Cyprus.[1]

This species is an annual herb. It has alternately arranged, fleshy leaves, though some of the basal leaves may be opposite. The inflorescence is a solitary flower head with yellow to reddish disc florets. The fruit is a ribbed cypsela about one millimeter long with a large pappus.[1]
References

Bremer, K. & Humphries, C. 1993. Chlamydophora. In: Generic monograph of the Asteraceae-Anthemideae. Bulletin of the Natural History Museum. Botany. 23(2) 142-43.