Oxylaena

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: Calenduleae
Genus: Oxylaena
Species: O. acicularis
Name

Oxylaena Benth. ex Anderb., Opera Bot. 104: 53. (1991)

monotypic taxon

References

Anderberg, A.A. 1991. Opera Botanica a Societate Botanica Lundensi 104: 53.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Oxylaena in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Mar. 30. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2020. Oxylaena. Published online. Accessed: Mar. 30 2020.

Oxylaena is a genus of flowering plants in the pussy's-toes tribe within the sunflower family.[2][3][4][5]

Species

The only known species is Oxylaena acicularis, native to South Africa.[1]
References

Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
Bentham, George. 1876. Hooker's Icones Plantarum; or Figures, with brief Descriptive Characters and Remarks of New or Rare Plants, vol 12, p 9 descriptions in Latin, commentary in English
Bentham, George ex Anderberg, Arne A. 1991. Opera Botanica 104: 53
Tropicos, Oxylaena Benth. ex Anderb.
Bentham, George. 1876. Hooker's Icones Plantarum; or Figures, with brief Descriptive Characters and Remarks of New or Rare Plants, vol 12, plate 1109 line drawing of Oxylaena acicularis