Athrixia

Athrixia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae.^[2][3] It includes 15 species of perennial herbs or shrubs native to eastern and southern Africa, ranging from Ethiopia to South Africa including Madagascar.^[1]

Athrixia
A. phylicoides
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Subfamily:	Asteroideae
Tribe:	Gnaphalieae
Genus:	Athrixia Ker Gawl.
Species[1]
15; see text

15 species are accepted:^[4][1]

• Athrixia angustissima DC.
• Athrixia arachnoidea J.M.Wood & M.S.Evans ex J.M.Wood
• Athrixia capensis Ker Gawl.
• Athrixia citrina
• Athrixia crinita (L.) Druce
• Athrixia debilis DC.
• Athrixia elata Sond.
• Athrixia fontana MacOwan
• Athrixia fontinalis Wild
• Athrixia gerrardii Harv.
• Athrixia heterophylla (Thunb.) Less.
• Athrixia nyassana S.Moore
• Athrixia oblonga S.Moore
• Athrixia phylicoides DC.
• Athrixia rosmarinifolia (Sch.Bip. ex Walp.) Oliv. & Hiern
• Athrixia subsimplex Brenan