Capelio

Capelio is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae first described as a genus in 1836 with the name Alciope.^[2] It was renamed Capelio in 2002 after it was determined that the name Alciope was not legitimately published according to international nomenclatural rules.^[3][4] Capelio is a taxonomic anagram derived from the former name Alciope.^[5]

Capelio
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Subfamily:	Asteroideae
Tribe:	Senecioneae
Genus:	Capelio B.Nord.
Synonyms[1]
Alciope DC.

The entire genus is endemic to Cape Province in South Africa.^[6]

Species :^[7]

• Capelio caledonica B.Nord.
• Capelio tabularis (Thunb.) B.Nord.
• Capelio tomentosa (Burm.f.) B.Nord.