Serruria
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Serruria, or spiderhead is a genus of flowering plants in the family Proteaceae, endemic to South Africa.[1][2][3]
Names
Serruria was named in honor of Joseph Serrurier, a professor of botany at the Utrecht University early in the eighteenth century. It is called spiderhead in English and spinnekopbos in Afrikaans, because of the silky, finely divided leaves looking like they are covered in spiders webs.[3]
Selected species
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References
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- ^ a b Serruria Salisb. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 25 September 2023.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Serruria fasciflora". SANBI PlantZAfrica.com.
- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Manning, John (2013). Field Guide to Wild Flowers of South Africa. Penguin Random House South Africa. ISBN 978-1920544867.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."African plants database". Retrieved 2008-04-12.
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