Fluminaria is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. It has only one currently accepted species, Fluminaria pinifolia, native to Lesotho, and KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa.[3][2] It prefers to live alongside streams in mountainous areas.[1]

Fluminaria
Fluminaria pinifolia at the Berlin Botanical Garden and Botanical Museum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Asteroideae
Tribe: Gnaphalieae
Genus: Fluminaria
N.G.Bergh[1]
Species:
F. pinifolia
Binomial name
Fluminaria pinifolia
Synonyms[2]
  • Athrixia pinifolia N.E.Br.
  • Macowania pinifolia (N.E.Br.) Kroner

References

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  1. ^ a b c Bentley, Joanne; Verboom, G. Anthony; Bergh, Nicola G. (2017). "Species-level phylogenetic analysis in the Relhania clade of "everlastings" and a new generic treatment of species previously assigned to Macowania and Arrowsmithia (Asteraceae: Gnaphalieae)". Taxon. 66 (6): 1421–1438. doi:10.12705/666.9.
  2. ^ a b "Fluminaria pinifolia (N.E.Br.) N.G.Bergh". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2021. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  3. ^ "Fluminaria N.G.Bergh". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2021. Retrieved 17 December 2021.