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
- Cape species:
- *M. latifolium
- *M. relhanioides
- *M. spinosum
- Grassland species:
- *M. pretoriense
- *M. sessiliflorum subsp. sessiliflorum var. membranaceum
- *M. speciosum
- *''M. zeyheri''