Inezia (plant) explained

Inezia is a genus of South African plants in the sunflower family.^{[1] [2]}

Etymology

The genus name honours Inez Clare Verdoorn (1896–1989), a South African taxonomist.^[3]

Description

The species Inezia integrifolia was first described by Klatt as Lidbeckia integrifolia and occurs in Mpumalanga and Eswatini. It is described by Phillips as "a perennial herb with unbranched stems from a woody rootstock; leaves alternate, linear to lanceolate, punctate, pilose; heads solitary, terminal, peduncled."^[4]

Species^{[5] [6]}

• Inezia integrifolia (Klatt) E.Phillips - Mpumalanga, Eswatini^[7]
• Inezia speciosa Brusse - Limpopo^[8]

Notes and References

1. Edwin Percy Phillips. 1932. Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information Kew 1932: 297.
2. http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40031025 Tropicos, Inezia E. P. Phillips
3. Book: Quattrocchi, Umberto . CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names, Volume II, D–L . CRC Press . Boca Raton, Florida . 2000 . 978-0-8493-2676-9.
4. The Genera of South African Flowering Plants - E. Percy Phillips (Pretoria, 1951)
5. http://dixon.iplantcollaborative.org/CompositaeWeb/Default.aspx?Page=NameSearch&searchText=Inezia%20&searchField=NameFull Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
6. http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/search?q=Inezia The Plant List search for Inezia
7. http://redlist.sanbi.org/species.php?species=3264-1 Red List of South African Plants, Inezia integrifolia (Klatt) E.Phillips
8. http://redlist.sanbi.org/species.php?species=3264-2 Red List of South African Plants, Inezia speciosa Brusse