Alepidea Explained

Alepidea is a genus of about 30 species in the 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.

Species

, Plants of the World Online accepted the following species:

• Alepidea acutidens Weim.
• Alepidea amatymbica Eckl. & Zeyh.
• Alepidea angustifolia Schltr. & H.Wolff
• Alepidea attenuata Weim.
• Alepidea calocephala Schltr. & H.Wolff
• Alepidea capensis (P.J.Bergius) R.A.Dyer
• Alepidea cirsiifolia Schltr. & H.Wolff
• Alepidea comosa Dümmer
• Alepidea concinna Dümmer
• Alepidea cordifolia B.-E.van Wyk
• Alepidea delicatula Weim.
• Alepidea duplidens Weim.
• Alepidea galpinii Dümmer
• Alepidea inflexa S.-L.Hutch. & Magee
• Alepidea insculpta Hilliard & B.L.Burtt
• Alepidea jenkinsii R.Pott
• Alepidea longeciliata Schinz ex Dümmer
• Alepidea longipetiolata Schltr. & H.Wolff
• Alepidea macowanii Dümmer
• Alepidea multisecta B.L.Burtt
• Alepidea natalensis J.M.Wood & M.S.Evans
• Alepidea peduncularis Steud. ex A.Rich.
• Alepidea pilifera Weim.
• Alepidea pusilla Weim.
• Alepidea schlechteri H.Wolff
• Alepidea serrata Eckl. & Zeyh.
• Alepidea setifera N.E.Br.
• Alepidea stellata Weim.
• Alepidea thodei Dümmer
• Alepidea woodii Oliv.
• Alepidea wyliei Dümmer

Notes and References

1. 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. en. 60. 6. 345–350. 10.1016/S0254-6299(16)30590-7. 0254-6299. free.