Serruria

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Ordo: Proteales

Familia: Proteaceae
Subfamilia: Proteoideae
Tribus: Leucadendreae
Subtribus: Leucadendrinae
Genus: Serruria
Species: S. acrocarpa – S. aitonii – S. elongata – S. florida – S. pedunculata
Name

Serruria Burm. ex Salisb.
References

USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Serruria in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12.

Serruria, or spiderhead is a genus of flowering plants in the family Proteaceae, endemic to South Africa.[1][2]
Names

Serruria was named in honor of Joseph Serrurier, a professor of botany at the Utrecht University early in the eighteenth century. It is called spiderhead in English and spinnekopbos in Afrikaans, because of the silky, finely divided leaves looking like they are covered in spiders webs.[2]
Selected species

Species include:[3]

Serruria acrocarpa R.Br.
Serruria adscendens (Lam.) R.Br.
Serruria aemula Salisb. ex Knight
Serruria aitonii R.Br.
Serruria altiscapa Rourke
Serruria balanocephala Rourke
Serruria bolusii E.Phillips & Hutch.
Serruria brownii Meisn.
Serruria candicans R.Br.
Serruria collina Salisb. ex Knight
Serruria confragosa Rourke
Serruria cyanoides (L.) R.Br.
Serruria cygnea R.Br.
Serruria decipiens R.Br.
Serruria decumbens (Thunb.) R.Br.
Serruria deluvialis Rourke
Serruria dodii E.Phillips & Hutch.
Serruria effusa Rourke
Serruria elongata (P.J.Bergius) R.Br.
Serruria fasciflora Salisb. ex Knight
Serruria flagellifolia Salisb. ex Knight
Serruria flava Meisn.
Serruria florida (Thunb.) Salisb. ex Knight
Serruria fucifolia Salisb. ex Knight
Serruria furcellata R.Br.
Serruria glomerata (L.) R.Br.
Serruria gracilis Knight
Serruria gremialis Rourke
Serruria heterophylla Meisn.
Serruria hirsuta R.Br.
Serruria inconspicua L.Guthrie & T.M.Salter
Serruria incrassata Meisn.
Serruria kraussii Meisn.
Serruria lacunosa Rourke
Serruria leipoldtii E.Phillips & Hutch.
Serruria linearis Salisb. ex Knight
Serruria meisneriana Schltr.
Serruria millefolia Salisb. ex Knight
Serruria nervosa Meisn.
Serruria nivenii Salisb. ex Knight
Serruria pedunculata (Lam.) R.Br.
Serruria phylicoides (P.J.Bergius) R.Br.
Serruria pinnata R.Br.
Serruria rebeloi Rourke
Serruria reflexa Rourke
Serruria rosea E.Phillips
Serruria rostellaris Salisb. ex Knight
Serruria roxburghii R.Br.
Serruria rubricaulis R.Br.
Serruria scoparia R.Br.
Serruria stellata Rourke
Serruria trilopha Salisb. ex Knight
Serruria triternata (Thunb.) R.Br.
Serruria villosa (Lam.) R.Br.
Serruria viridifolia Rourke
Serruria williamsii Rourke
Serruria zeyheri Meisn.

References

"Serruria fasciflora". SANBI PlantZAfrica.com.
Manning, John (2013). Field Guide to Wild Flowers of South Africa. Penguin Random House South Africa. ISBN 978-1920544867.
"African plants database". Retrieved 2008-04-12.