Leucosphaera bainesii

Leucosphaera bainesii is a species of flowering plant in the family Amaranthaceae. It is a subshrub native to southern tropical and southern Africa, ranging from Angola through Namibia, Botswana, and Zimbabwe to the Northern Provinces and Cape Provinces of South Africa.^[1] It is the only species in the monotypic genus Leucosphaera.^[2]

Leucosphaera bainesii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Caryophyllales
Family:	Amaranthaceae
Genus:	Leucosphaera Gilg (1897)
Species:	L. bainesii
Binomial name
Leucosphaera bainesii (Hook.f.) Gilg (1897)
Synonyms[1]
Leucosphaera pfeilii Gilg (1897) Marcellia bainesii (Hook.f.) C.B.Clarke (1909) (basionym) Sericocoma bainesii Hook.f. (1880) Sericocomopsis bainesii (Hook.f.) Schinz (1895) Sericocoma pfeilii (Gilg) Kuntze (1903)