Mairia

Mairia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Tribe:	Astereae [1]
Genus:	Mairia Nees
Type species
Mairia crenata (Thunb.) Nees
Synonyms[1]
Alairia Kuntze

Mairia is a genus of South African flowering plants in the aster tribe within the sunflower family.^[2][3]

The genus was named in honour of Louis Maire, half of the South African collecting team of Mund and Maire.^[4]

Species^[1][5]

1. Mairia coriacea Bolus
2. Mairia crenata (Thunb.) Nees
3. Mairia hirsuta DC.

formerly included^[1]

see Aster Felicia Gymnostephium Zyrphelis

• Mairia burchellii DC. - Zyrphelis burchellii (DC.) Kuntze
• Mairia corymbosa Harv. - Gymnostephium papposum G.L.Nesom
• Mairia decumbens Schltr. - Aster decumbens (Schltr.) G.L.Nesom
• Mairia ecklonis (DC.) Sond. - Zyrphelis ecklonis (DC.) Kuntze
• Mairia felicioides Hutch. & Corbishley - Felicia ovata (Thunb.) Compton
• Mairia foliosa Harv. - Zyrphelis foliosa (Harv.) Kuntze
• Mairia lasiocarpa DC. - Zyrphelis lasiocarpa (DC.) Kuntze
• Mairia microcephala (Less.) DC. - Zyrphelis microcephala (Less.) Nees
• Mairia montana Schltr. - Zyrphelis montana (Schltr.) G.L.Nesom
• Mairia perezioides (Less.) Nees - Zyrphelis perezioides (Less.) G.L.Nesom
• Mairia taxifolia (L.) DC. - Zyrphelis taxifolia (L.) Nees

References

1. Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
2. Nees von Esenbeck, Christian Gottfried Daniel. 1932. Genera et Species Asterearum 247
3. Tropicos, Mairia Nees
4. Calflora Plant Names
5. Gibbs Russell, G. E., W. G. M. Welman, E. Retief, K. L. Immelman, G. Germishuizen, B. J. Pienaar, M. Van Wyk & A. Nicholas. 1987. List of species of southern African plants. Memoirs of the Botanical Survey of South Africa 2(1–2): 1–152(pt. 1), 1–270(pt. 2).