Alepidea

Alepidea
	Flowerheads from above of the umbellifer species , photographed along the Chogoria route, Mount Kenya, at approximately 3000 m altitude
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Apiales
Family:	Apiaceae
Genus:	Alepidea; F.Delaroche
Species
	Eckl. & Zeyh.; J.M.Wood & M.S.Evans; Alepidea peduncularis A.Rich.; N.E.Br.;

Alepidea is a genus of about twenty species in the botanical family Apiaceae, all of which are endemic to Africa. They occur mainly in southern Africa,^[1] but can be found as far north as Ethiopia.

References[]

^ de Castro, A.; van Wyk, B. -E. (1994-12-01). "Diagnostic characters and geographic distribution of Alepidea species used in traditional medicine". South African Journal of Botany. 60 (6): 345–350. doi:10.1016/S0254-6299(16)30590-7. ISSN 0254-6299.

External sources[]

International Plant Names Index

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[1] Castro, A.; van Wyk, B. -E. (1994-12-01). "Diagnostic characters and geographic distribution of Alepidea species used in traditional medicine". South African Journal of Botany. 60 (6): 345–350. doi:10.1016/S0254-6299(16)30590-7. ISSN 0254-6299.

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