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Wild, H. (1980) The Compositae of the Flora Zambesiaca area, 12. Inuleae (continued). Kirkia 12(1) 23-113
Rosulate stemless herbs, small shrubs or suffrutices. Leaves alternate or subopposite above, usually gland-pitted. Capitula terminal and solitary or aggregated, or in the leaf axils or forks of the branches, heterogamous; ray florets female with yellow ligules, or 0; disk florets bisexual, yellow, ± tubular. Phyllaries in 3-7 series. Receptacular scales present, deeply fimbriate (in ours). Achenes subturbinate, hairy. Pappus composed of 10-20 hyaline scales in 2 series. Derivation of name: after Philipp Lorenz Geiger, a German professor of pharmacy at Heidelberg University. Worldwide: 28 species in tropical and South Africa Mozambique: 5 taxa. |
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| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| africana Griess. subsp. ornativa (O. Hoffm.) Merxm. | MS,GI,M | Description, Image |
| aspera Harv. | Image | |
| burkei Harv. subsp. burkei var. zeyheri (Harv.) Merxm. | MS,M | Description, Image |
| filifolia Mattf. | M | Description, Image |
| schinzii O. Hoffm. subsp. rhodesiana (S.Moore) Merxm. | MS,GI | Description, Image |
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