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9055.000 Athrixia
Description of the genus
Perennial herbs or shrubs. Leaves alternate, sessile, narrow, often needle-like [which in ours?]. Capitula heterogamous, radiate. Phyllaries in 6-8 rows, spreading and bristle-tipped, with short-stalked glandular hairs. Ray florets female, white, pink or purple; disk florets bisexual, white or yellow. Receptacle without scales. Achenes 3-6-ribbed, hairy but without glands. Pappus in 2 rows: outer consistng of scales, inner of bristles. Worldwide: 14 species in tropical and S Africa |
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Links to taxa: View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this genus
| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| phylicoides DC. | ||
| rosmarinifolia (Sch. Bip. ex Walp.) Oliv. & Hiern var. rosmarinifolia | Description, Image | |
| rosmarinifolia (Sch. Bip.) Oliv. & Hiern var. foliosa (S. Moore) Kroner |
Other sources of information about Athrixia:
Flora of Zimbabwe: AthrixiaePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Athrixia
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Athrixia
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Athrixia
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Athrixia
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Athrixia
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