Hymenolepis (plant) explained

Hymenolepis is a South African genus of flowering plants in the daisy family.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Hymenolepis is differentiated from Athanasia by the pappus scales and slender capitulum.^[1] Some Euryops species are similar, but are distinguishable by their smaller flower heads that appear earlier, and their undivided leaves.

Species^[4]

Species in homotypic genus^{[4] [5]} In 1824, Kaulfuss^[6] used the same name, Hymenolepis, to refer to some ferns in the Polypodiaceae. Names created using this illegitimate generic name:

• Hymenolepis callifolia C.Chr. - Belvisia mucronata Copel.
• Hymenolepis glauca (Copel.) C.Chr. - Belvisia glauca (Copel.) Copel.
• Hymenolepis minor Copel. - Belvisia mucronata Copel.
• Hymenolepis novoguineensis (Rosenst.) C.Chr. - Belvisia novoguineensis (Rosenst.) Copel.
• Hymenolepis ophioglossoides Kaulf. - Belvisia spicata (L.f.) Mirb.
• Hymenolepis platyrhynchos Kunze - Belvisia platyrhynchos (Kunze) Copel.
• Hymenolepis rigidissima C.Chr.- ?
• Hymenolepis spicata (L.f.) C.Presl - Belvisia spicata (L.f.) Mirb.
• Hymenolepis validinervis Kunze - Belvisia validinervis (Kunze) Copel.
• Hymenolepis vaupelii Hieron. ex C. Chr. - Belvisia mucronata Copel.

Notes and References

1. Bremer. Kåre. Källersjö, Mari . Taxonomic notes on Hymenolepis (Asteraceae-Anthemideae) . Nordic Journal of Botany . 1 December 1985 . 5 . 6 . 517–520 . 10.1111/j.1756-1051.1985.tb01688.x .
2. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4439621#page/144/mode/1up Cassini, Alexandre Henri Gabriel de. 1817. Bulletin des Sciences, par la Societe Philomatique 1817: 138
3. http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40029492 Tropicos, Hymenolepis Cass.
4. Web site: Hymenolepis . ThePlantList . 2010.
5. http://www.tropicos.org/NameSearch.aspx?name=Hymenolepis&commonname= Tropicos, search for Hymenolepis
6. Kaulfuss, Georg Friedrich. 1824. Enumeratio Filicum 146