9432.020 Arctotheca J.C. Wendl.

Leistner, O.A. (ed.) (2000) Seed plants of southern Africa: families and genera Strelitzia 10

Description of the genus

Perennial herbs; stems often creeping or decumbent. Leaves alternate, petiolate, lyrate-pinnatifid, white-woolly beneath. Capitula radiate, solitary; ray florets neuter (not producing achenes), yellow; disk florets bisexual, also yellow. Receptacle without scales. Phyllaries imbricate, in many rows; margins scarious. Achenes obovoid, ribbed; pappus 0 or of small scales.

Mozambique: 1 taxon.

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populifolia (P.J. Bergius) T. Norl.M

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External websites:

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Arctotheca
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Arctotheca
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Arctotheca
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Arctotheca
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iNaturalist: Arctotheca
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Arctotheca
JSTOR Plant Science: Arctotheca
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Arctotheca
Plants of the World Online: Arctotheca
Tropicos: Arctotheca
Wikipedia: Arctotheca

Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave 2007-24

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Mozambique: Genus page: Arctotheca.
https://www.mozambiqueflora.com/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=2227, retrieved 29 March 2024

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