Capelio Explained

Capelio is a genus of flowering plant in the Asteraceae first described as a genus in 1836 with the name Alciope.^[1] It was renamed Capelio in 2002 after it was determined that the name Alciope was not legitimately published according to international nomenclatural rules.^{[2] [3]} Capelio is a taxonomic anagram derived from the former name Alciope.^[4]

The entire genus is endemic to Cape Province in South Africa.^[5]

Species :^[6]

• Capelio caledonica B.Nord.
• Capelio tabularis (Thunb.) B.Nord.
• Capelio tomentosa (Burm.f.) B.Nord.

Notes and References

1. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/151644#page/214/mode/1up Candolle, Augustin Pyramus de. 1836. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 5: 209-210
2. http://www.iapt-taxon.org/nomen/main.php International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants
3. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13780196#page/73/mode/1up Nordenstam, B. 2002. Capelio B. Nord., a new name for a South African genus of the Senecioneae and the description of a new species. Compositae Newsletter 38: 71–75.
4. Book: Burkhardt, Lotte . Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen - Erweiterte Edition. Index of Eponymic Plant Names - Extended Edition. Index de Noms éponymiques des Plantes - Édition augmentée . 2018-06-06 . Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin, Freie Universität Berlin . 978-3-946292-26-5 . de . 10.3372/epolist2018 .
5. Gibbs Russell, G. E., W. G. M. Welman, E. Retief, K. L. Immelman, G. Germishuizen, B. J. Pienaar, M. Van Wyk & A. Nicholas. 1987. List of species of southern African plants. Memoirs of the Botanical Survey of South Africa 2(1–2): 1–152(pt. 1), 1–270(pt. 2).
6. http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/search?q=Capelio The Plant List, search for Capelio