2314.000 Pupalia A. Juss.

Description of the genus

Herbs (in ours) with opposite leaves. Inflorescence spike-like, terminal on stems and branches. Bracts subtending either a single bisexual flower and modified sterile flowers (micrantha) or more than one bisexual flower and triads of bisexual and sterile flowers; sterile flowers consisting of numerous hooked spines. Perianth segments 5. Stamens 5; pseudostaminodes 0. Fruit a capsule.

Worldwide: 4 species in the tropical Old World

Mozambique: 5 taxa.

Pupalia lappacea var. velutina

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SpeciesFZ divisionsContent
grandiflora PeterN
lappacea (L.) A. Juss. var. glabrescens Towns.N
lappacea (L.) A. Juss. var. velutina (Moq.) Hook. f.N,Z,MS,GIDescription, Image
lappacea (L.) A. Juss. var. lappacea N,T,MS,GI,MDescription
micrantha HaumanN,Z,MSDescription, Image

Other sources of information about Pupalia:

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Flora of Botswana: Pupalia
Flora of Caprivi: Pupalia
Flora of Malawi: Pupalia
Flora of Zambia: Pupalia
Flora of Zimbabwe: Pupalia

External websites:

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

Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave 2007-23

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2023). Flora of Mozambique: Genus page: Pupalia.
https://www.mozambiqueflora.com/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=530, retrieved 31 March 2023

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