Inezia (plant)

Inezia is a genus of South African plants in the sunflower family.^[1][2]

Inezia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Subfamily:	Asteroideae
Tribe:	Anthemideae
Genus:	Inezia E.Phillips
Type species
Inezia integrifolia (Klatt) E.Phillips

Etymology

The genus name honours Inez Clare Verdoorn (1896–1989), a South African taxonomist.^[3]

Description

The species Inezia integrifolia was first described by Klatt as Lidbeckia integrifolia and occurs in Mpumalanga and Eswatini. It is described by Phillips as "a perennial herb with unbranched stems from a woody rootstock; leaves alternate, linear to lanceolate, punctate, pilose; heads solitary, terminal, peduncled."^[4]

Species^[5][6]

• Inezia integrifolia (Klatt) E.Phillips - Mpumalanga, Eswatini^[7]
• Inezia speciosa Brusse - Limpopo^[8]