Alepidea

Alepidea

Life > eukaryotes > Archaeoplastida > Chloroplastida > Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants) > Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants) > Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering plants) > Eudicotyledons > Core Eudicots > Asterids > Euasterid II > Order: Apiales > Family: Apiaceae

About 28 species, mainly occurring in southern Africa, although a few extend further north as far as Ethiopia.

Alepidea amatymbica (Giant Alepidea, Large Tinsel Flowers)

Kalmoes, Slangwortel [Afrikaans]; lesoko [South Sotho]; inkatsankatsa [Swazi]; iqwili [Xhosa]; ikhathazo [Swazi, Xhosa, Zulu]

Alepidea natalensis

Alepidea setifera

Kalmoes [Afrikaans]

Burtt, B.L. 1991. Umbelliferae of southern Africa: an introduction and annotated checklist. Edinburgh Journal of Botany 48: 133-282.
de Castro, A. & van Wyk, B-E. 1994. Diagnostic characters and geographical distribution of Alepidea species used in traditional medicine. South African Journal of Botany 60: 345-350.
Weimarck, H. 1949. A revision of the genus Alepidea. Botaniska Notiser 1949: 217-268.