Serruria, or spiderhead is a genus of flowering plants in the family Proteaceae, endemic to South Africa.[1][2][3]
Serruria | |
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Serruria florida | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Order: | Proteales |
Family: | Proteaceae |
Subfamily: | Proteoideae |
Tribe: | Leucadendreae |
Subtribe: | Leucadendrinae |
Genus: | Serruria Burm. ex Salisb. (1807) |
Synonyms[1] | |
Holderlinia Neck. (1790), opus utique oppr. |
Serruria was named in honor of Joseph SerrurierUtrecht 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]
, a professor of botany at theSpecies include:[4]