Pentzia

Pentzia is a genus of flowering plants in the chamomile tribe within the sunflower family.^[2][3] Species are native to southern Africa, Chad, northwestern Africa, Somalia, and the southern Arabian Peninsula.^[1] One species (P. incana) is naturalized in Australia and in the southwestern United States.^[4]

Pentzia
Pentzia incana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Subfamily:	Asteroideae
Tribe:	Anthemideae
Genus:	Pentzia Thunb.
Type species
Pentzia crenata Thunb.
Synonyms[1]
Asteringa E.Mey. ex DC. Rennera Merxm.

The genus is named for Swedish plant collector Hendrik Christian Pentz (1738–1803).^[4]

Species

31 species are accepted.^[1]

• Pentzia arabica Thulin
• Pentzia argentea Hutch.
• Pentzia bolusii Hutch.
• Pentzia calcarea Kies
• Pentzia calva S.Moore
• Pentzia cooperi Harv.
• Pentzia dentata (L.) Kuntze
• Pentzia eenii S.Moore
• Pentzia elegans DC.
• Pentzia globosa Less.
• Pentzia hesperidum Maire & Wilczek
• Pentzia incana (Thunb.) Kuntze
• Pentzia lanata Hutch.
• Pentzia laxa Bremek. & Oberm.
• Pentzia limnophila (Merxm.) Magee
• Pentzia monocephala S.Moore
• Pentzia monodiana Maire
• Pentzia nana Burch.
• Pentzia oppositifolia Magee
• Pentzia peduncularis B.Nord.
• Pentzia pinnatisecta Hutch.
• Pentzia punctata Harv.
• Pentzia quinquefida (Thunb.) Less.
• Pentzia somalensis E.A.Bruce ex Thulin
• Pentzia sphaerocephala DC.
• Pentzia spinescens Less.
• Pentzia stellata (P.P.J.Herman) Magee
• Pentzia tomentosa B.Nord.
• Pentzia tortuosa (DC.) Fenzl ex Harv.
• Pentzia trifida Schltr. ex Magee & J.C.Manning
• Pentzia viridis Kies

Formerly included

Several species once considered part of Pentzia now regarded as better suited to other genera, including Foveolina Gymnopentzia Inulanthera Myxopappus Oncosiphon, and Phymaspermum.^[5]