Capelio is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae first described as a genus in 1836 with the name Alciope.Candolle, Augustin Pyramus de. 1836. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 5: 209-210 in Latin It was renamed Capelio in 2002 after it was determined that the name Alciope was not legitimately published according to international nomenclatural rules.International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plantsNordenstam, B. 2002. Capelio B. Nord., a new name for a South African genus of the Senecioneae and the description of a new species. Compositae Newsletter 38: 71–75. Capelio is a taxonomic anagram derived from the former name Alciope.
The entire genus is endemic to Cape Province in South Africa.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).
Species :The Plant List, search for Capelio Capelio caledonica B.Nord. Capelio tabularis (Thunb.) B.Nord. Capelio tomentosa (Burm.f.) B.Nord.
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