Athanasia is a genus of flowering plants in the daisy family.[2][3]

Athanasia
Athanasia acerosa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Asteroideae
Tribe: Anthemideae
Genus: Athanasia
L.
Type species
Athanasia crithmifolia
(L.) L.
Synonyms[1]
  • Stilpnophyton subg. Asaemia Harv.
  • Asaemia (Harv.) Benth. & Hook.f.
  • Bembycodium Kunze
  • Holophyllum Less.
  • Morysia Cass.
  • Pristocarpha E.Mey. ex DC.
  • Saintmorysia Endl.
  • Stilpnophyton Less.
  • Stilpnophytum Less.
Species

Athanasia is native to southern Africa.[1] The name is derived from the Greek a-, 'without', and thanatos 'death', alluding to the persistent dry involucral bracts.

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