Macledium


Macledium is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. Both Macledium and Dicoma are distributed largely in tropical and southern Africa. Macledium is distinguished from genus Dicoma by a large number of characters relating to morphology and anatomy of phyllaries, corolla, anthers, style, cypsela and testa.

Species

, Plants of the World Online accepted the following species:
  • Macledium anmadochrissum S.Ortiz
  • Macledium auriculatum S.Ortiz
  • Macledium canum S.Ortiz
  • Macledium ellipticum S.Ortiz
  • Macledium gossweileri S.Ortiz
  • Macledium grandidieri S.Ortiz
  • Macledium humile S.Ortiz
  • Macledium kirkii S.Ortiz
  • Macledium nanum S.Ortiz
  • Macledium oblongum S.Ortiz
  • Macledium plantaginifolium S.Ortiz
  • Macledium poggei S.Ortiz
  • Macledium pretoriense S.Ortiz
  • Macledium relhanioides S.Ortiz
  • Macledium sessiliflorum S.Ortiz
  • Macledium speciosum S.Ortiz
  • Macledium spinosum S.Ortiz
  • Macledium zeyheri S.Ortiz
In southern Africa it is informally divided into the Cape and grassland groups:
  • Cape species:
  • *M. latifolium
  • *M. relhanioides
  • *M. spinosum
  • Grassland species:
  • *M. pretoriense
  • *M. sessiliflorum subsp. sessiliflorum var. membranaceum
  • *M. speciosum
  • *''M. zeyheri''