Athanasia Explained

Athanasia is a genus of flowering plants in the daisy family.^{[1] [2]}

SpeciesAthanasia is native to southern Africa.^[3] The name is derived from the Greek a-, 'without', and thanatos 'death', alluding to the persistent dry involucral bracts.

Notes and References

1. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11834567#page/397/mode/1up Linnaeus, Carl von. 1763. Species Plantarum, Editio Secunda 2: 1180-1182
2. http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40022141 Tropicos, Athanasia L.
3. https://archive.today/20141108171436/http://dixon.iplantcollaborative.org/CompositaeWeb/default.aspx?Page=NameDetails&TabNum=0&NameId=bf182485-ebd4-4e7f-b4a0-1f4915083cc6 Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist