Caputia

Caputia
Caputia tomentosa (formerly known as Senecio haworthii)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Subfamily:	Asteroideae
Tribe:	Senecioneae
Genus:	Caputia B.Nord. & Pelser[1]

Caputia is a small genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae, native to South Africa.^[2] It may be of hybrid origin.^[3] Species in this genus were formerly considered part of the genus Senecio.^[1]

Species

Currently accepted species include:^[2]

• Caputia medley-woodii (Hutch.) B.Nord. & Pelser
• Caputia oribiensis (van Jaarsv.) J.C.Manning
• Caputia pyramidata (DC.) B.Nord. & Pelser
• Caputia scaposa (DC.) B.Nord. & Pelser
• Caputia tomentosa (Haw.) B.Nord. & Pelser

References

1. Nordenstam, B. & Pelser, P. B. 2012. Caputia, a new genus to accommodate four succulent South African Senecioneae (Compositae) species. Compositae Newsletter. 50: 59.
2. "Caputia B.Nord. & Pelser". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
3. Pelser, Pieter B.; Kennedy, Aaron H.; Tepe, Eric J.; Shidler, Jacob B.; Nordenstam, Bertil; Kadereit, Joachim W.; Watson, Linda E. (2010). "Patterns and causes of incongruence between plastid and nuclear Senecioneae (Asteraceae) phylogenies". American Journal of Botany. 97 (5): 856–873. doi:10.3732/ajb.0900287. PMID 21622451.