Serruria

Serruria
	Serruria florida
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Proteales
Family:	Proteaceae
Subfamily:	Proteoideae
Tribe:
Subtribe:
Genus:	Serruria; Burm. ex Salisb.

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
Rourke
Serruria cyanoides (L.) R.Br.
R.Br.
Serruria decipiens R.Br.
(Thunb.) R.Br.
Rourke
E.Phillips & Hutch.
Rourke
Serruria elongata (P.J.Bergius) R.Br.
Serruria fasciflora Salisb. ex Knight
Salisb. ex Knight
Meisn.
Serruria florida (Thunb.) Salisb. ex Knight
Serruria fucifolia Salisb. ex Knight
Serruria furcellata R.Br.
Serruria glomerata (L.) R.Br.
Knight
Rourke
Serruria heterophylla Meisn.
R.Br.
L.Guthrie & T.M.Salter
Meisn.
Meisn.
Serruria lacunosa Rourke
E.Phillips & Hutch.
Salisb. ex Knight
Schltr.
Salisb. ex Knight
Meisn.
Serruria nivenii Salisb. ex Knight
(Lam.) R.Br.
Serruria phylicoides (P.J.Bergius) R.Br.
R.Br.
Rourke
Rourke
Serruria rosea E.Phillips
Salisb. ex Knight
R.Br.
R.Br.
R.Br.
Serruria stellata Rourke
Salisb. ex Knight
(Thunb.) R.Br.
Serruria villosa (Lam.) R.Br.
Rourke
Serruria williamsii Rourke
Meisn.

References[]

^ "Serruria fasciflora". SANBI PlantZAfrica.com.
^ ^a ^b 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.

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[PZA-1] "Serruria fasciflora". SANBI PlantZAfrica.com.

[Manning-2] Manning, John (2013). Field Guide to Wild Flowers of South Africa. Penguin Random House South Africa. ISBN 978-1920544867.

[apd-3] "African plants database". Retrieved 2008-04-12.

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Serruria

Serruria florida
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Proteales
Family:	Proteaceae
Subfamily:	Proteoideae
Tribe:
Subtribe:
Genus:	Serruria Burm. ex Salisb.