Pentzia
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Pentzia is a genus of flowering plants in the chamomile tribe within the sunflower family.[2][3] Species are native to southern Africa, Chad, northwestern Africa, Somalia, and the southern Arabian Peninsula.[1] One species (P. incana) is naturalized in Australia and in the southwestern United States.[4]
The genus is named for Swedish plant collector Hendrik Christian Pentz (1738–1803).[4]
Species
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Formerly included
Several species once considered part of Pentzia now regarded as better suited to other genera, including Foveolina Gymnopentzia Inulanthera Myxopappus Oncosiphon, and Phymaspermum.[5]
References
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- ^ a b c Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Pentzia Thunb". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 15 October 2025.
- ^ Thunberg, Carl Peter. 1800. Prodromus plantarum Capensium :quas in promontorio Bonæ Spei Africes, annis 1772-1775 page 145 in Latin
- ^ Tropicos, Pentzia Thunb.
- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.David J. Keil. "Pentzia Thunberg, Prodr. Pl. Cap. 145. 1800". Asteraceae. Flora of North America. Vol. 19–21. p. 543. ISBN 978-0-19-530563-0.
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