Macledium is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. Both Macledium and Dicoma are distributed largely in tropical and southern Africa. Macledium is distinguished from genus Dicoma by a large number of characters relating to morphology and anatomy of phyllaries, corolla, anthers, style, cypsela and testa.
Species , Plants of the World Online accepted the following species: Macledium anmadochrissum (Lawalrée) S.Ortiz Macledium auriculatum (Hutch. & B.L.Burtt) S.Ortiz Macledium canum (Balf.f.) S.Ortiz Macledium ellipticum (G.V.Pope) S.Ortiz Macledium gossweileri (S.Moore) S.Ortiz Macledium grandidieri (Drake) S.Ortiz Macledium humile (Lawalrée) S.Ortiz Macledium kirkii (Harv.) S.Ortiz Macledium nanum (Welw. ex Hiern) S.Ortiz Macledium oblongum (Lawalrée & Mvukiy.) S.Ortiz Macledium plantaginifolium (O.Hoffm.) S.Ortiz Macledium poggei (O.Hoffm.) S.Ortiz Macledium pretoriense (C.A.Sm.) S.Ortiz Macledium relhanioides (Less.) S.Ortiz Macledium sessiliflorum (Harv.) S.Ortiz Macledium speciosum (DC.) S.Ortiz Macledium spinosum (L.) S.Ortiz Macledium zeyheri (Sond.) S.Ortiz
In southern Africa it is informally divided into the Cape and grassland groups: Cape species: M. latifolium M. relhanioides M. spinosum Grassland species: M. pretoriense M. sessiliflorum subsp. sessiliflorum var. membranaceum M. speciosum M. zeyheri
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