9351.000 Cotula L. - Buttonweeds

Description of the genus

Annual or perennial herbs. Leaves alternate, 1-2-pinnatisect (in ours). Capitulum solitary on each peduncle, heterogamous, discoid; marginal florets female, without corolla, disk florets bisexual (sometimes sterile) with 4-lobed corolla. Capitula discoid; phyllaries subequal. Receptacle nude. Pappus 0.

Worldwide: 55 spp, southern hemisphere (S Africa) to N Africa and Mexico.

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Other sources of information about Cotula:

Flora of Zimbabwe: Cotula
ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Cotula
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Cotula
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Cotula
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Cotula
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Cotula

Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Stefaan Dondeyne 2007-13

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Dondeyne, S. (2013). Flora of Mozambique: Genus page: Cotula.
http://www.mozambiqueflora.com/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=1543, retrieved 21 May 2013

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