Athanasia is a genus of flowering plants in the daisy family.Linnaeus, Carl von. 1763. Species Plantarum, Editio Secunda 2: 1180-1182 in LatinTropicos, Athanasia L.
Species Athanasia is native to southern Africa. The name is derived from the Greek a-, 'without', and thanatos 'death', alluding to the persistent dry involucral bracts.
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