Syncarpha
Encyclopedia
Syncarpha is a genus
of herb
aceous flowering plant
s in the daisy family Asteraceae
. The species are endemic to the Eastern Cape
and Western Cape
in South Africa
.
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of herb
Herb
Except in botanical usage, an herb is "any plant with leaves, seeds, or flowers used for flavoring, food, medicine, or perfume" or "a part of such a plant as used in cooking"...
aceous flowering plant
Flowering plant
The flowering plants , also known as Angiospermae or Magnoliophyta, are the most diverse group of land plants. Angiosperms are seed-producing plants like the gymnosperms and can be distinguished from the gymnosperms by a series of synapomorphies...
s in the daisy family Asteraceae
Asteraceae
The Asteraceae or Compositae , is an exceedingly large and widespread family of vascular plants. The group has more than 22,750 currently accepted species, spread across 1620 genera and 12 subfamilies...
. The species are endemic to the Eastern Cape
Eastern Cape
The Eastern Cape is a province of South Africa. Its capital is Bhisho, but its two largest cities are Port Elizabeth and East London. It was formed in 1994 out of the "independent" Xhosa homelands of Transkei and Ciskei, together with the eastern portion of the Cape Province...
and Western Cape
Western Cape
The Western Cape is a province in the south west of South Africa. The capital is Cape Town. Prior to 1994, the region that now forms the Western Cape was part of the much larger Cape Province...
in South Africa
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
.
Species
Syncarpha species include:- Syncarpha argentea (Silver Everlasting)
- Syncarpha argyropsis (= Helipterum argyropsis) (White everlasting)
- Syncarpha canescens (Pink everlasting)
- Syncarpha chlorochrysum (Gold everlasting)
- Syncarpha eximia (Strawberry everlasting)
- Syncarpha gnaphaloides (Vlaktetee)
- Syncarpha paniculata
- Syncarpha speciosissima (Cape everlasting)
- Syncarpha vestita (Cape snow)