| 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. exSalisb. (1807) |
| Synonyms[1] | |
HolderliniaNeck. (1790), opus utique oppr. | |
Serruria, orspiderhead is agenus offlowering plants in the familyProteaceae,endemic toSouth Africa.[1][2][3]
Serruria was named in honor ofJoseph Serrurier [de], a professor of botany at theUtrecht University early in the eighteenth century. It is called spiderhead in English andspinnekopbos inAfrikaans, because of the silky, finely divided leaves looking like they are covered in spiders webs.[3]
Species include:[4]
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