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9417.000 Euryops
Description of the genus
Herbs or shrubs. Leaves alternate. Peduncles lateral or apparently terminal, simple. Capitula heterogamous or homogamous. Phyllaries in 2 series, partly connate (in ours). Calyculus 0. Ray florets female, fertile. Pappus of few to many caducous bristles or 0; bristles flexuous, shortly barbed. Disk florets bisexual, fertile or sterile. Derivation of name: from Greek: eurys meaning large or broad, ops meaning eye or face, referring to the large showy flower heads Worldwide: 97 species, mainly southern Africa, with 1 species extending to the Arabian peninsula and Socotra Zimbabwe: 3 cultivated taxa. |
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Links to cultivated taxa View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this genus
| Species | Content |
| chrysanthemoides (DC.) B. Nord. | Description, Image |
| pectinatus (L.) Cass. subsp. pectinatus | |
| virgineus (L.f.) DC. |
Other sources of information about Euryops:
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Flora of Botswana: EuryopsFlora of Zimbabwe: Euryops
External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): EuryopsBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Euryops
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Euryops
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Euryops
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Euryops
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Euryops
JSTOR Plant Science: Euryops
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Euryops
Plants of the World Online: Euryops
Tropicos: Euryops
Wikipedia: Euryops
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