Taxonavigation

Familia: Asteraceae
Subfamilia: Asteroideae
Tribus: Astereae
Subtribus: Unassigned Astereae
Genus: Mairia
Species: M. burchellii – M. coriacea – M. crenata – M. hirsuta – M. petiolata – M. robusta

Name

Mairia Nees, Gen. Sp. Aster. 247. (1832)

• Type species: Mairia crenata (Thunb.) Nees. (1832)
  

Note: Originally proposed to be in Hinterhuberinae, but this is not supported by Brouillet et al., (2009) and so was left unplaced. Species circumscription sensu Herman & Zinnecker-Wiegand (2016) and Manning & Goldblatt (2012).

References

• Nees von Esenbeck, C.D.G. 1832. Genera et Species Asterearum 247.
• African Plants Database (version 3.4.0). Mairia. Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de la Ville de Genève and South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria. Accessed: 2018 Mar. 31.
• Brouillet, L., Lowrey, T. K., Urbatsch, L. E., Wagstaff, S. J., Karaman-Castro, V., Sancho, G. & Semple, J. C. 2009. Phylogeny and evolution of the Astereae. In: V. A. Funk, A. Susanna, T. Stuessy & R. Bayer (eds), Systematics, Evolution and Biogeography of the Compositae, pp. 449 – 489. IAPT, Vienna. ISBN 978-3-9501754-3-1 Full text PDF from ResearchGate Reference page. 
• Herman, P.P.J. & Zinnecker-Wiegand, U. 2016. A taxonomic revision of the genus Mairia (Asteraceae, Astereae) in South Africa. South African Journal of Botany 105: 45-60. DOI: 10.1016/j.sajb.2016.02.202 Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2018. Mairia. Published online. Accessed Mar. 31 2018.
• Manning, J.C. & Goldblatt, P. 2012. Plants of the Greater Cape Floristic Region volume 1: The Core Cape Flora. Strelitzia 29: 1–825. ISBN 978-1-919976-74-7. PDF. Reference page. 
• Nesom, G.L. 1994. Repartition of Mairia (Asteraceae: Astereae). Phytologia 76(2): 85–95. BHL Reference page.