Macledium
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| Macledium | |
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| Macledium zeyheri | |
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Subfamily: | Carduoideae |
| Tribe: | Dicomeae |
| Genus: | Macledium Cass.[1] |
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Macledium is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae.[2] Both Macledium and Dicoma are distributed largely in tropical and southern Africa.[3] 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.[2]
