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9553.000 Cichorium
Description of the genus
Annual or perennial herbs. Stems solitary, leafy, with divaricate branching. Capitula solitary and terminal or in small clusters arranged along the branches. Phyllaries in 2 series. Receptacular scales usually 0. Ligules blue (rarely pink or white). Achenes obconic, obscurely 5-angled, smooth, glabrous. Pappus of 1-2 series of short blunt scales. Worldwide: 7 species in Europe, the Mediterranean and Ethiopia Zimbabwe: 2 cultivated taxa. |
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| Species | Content |
| endivia L. | |
| intybus L. | Description, Image |
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Flora of Zambia: CichoriumFlora of Zimbabwe: Cichorium
External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): CichoriumBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Cichorium
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Cichorium
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Cichorium
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iNaturalist: Cichorium
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Cichorium
JSTOR Plant Science: Cichorium
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Cichorium
Plants of the World Online: Cichorium
Tropicos: Cichorium
Wikipedia: Cichorium
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