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7972.000 Crabbea
Description of the genus
Perennial herbs. Flowers in dense axillary or terminal heads surrounded by ovate prickly bracts. Calyx ± actinomorphic, 5-lobed. Corolla ± actinomorphic, weakly 2-lipped. Stamens 4, didynamous. Capsule cylindric. Seeds with hygroscopic hairs. Derivation of name: Named after George Crabbe (1754 - 1832), the English poet Worldwide: 12 species in tropical and South Africa Zimbabwe: 2 taxa. |
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| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| cirsioides (Nees) Nees | N,W,C,E,S | Description, Image |
| velutina S. Moore | N,W,C,E,S | Description, Image |
Other sources of information about Crabbea:
Our websites:
Flora of Botswana: CrabbeaFlora of Burundi: Crabbea
Flora of Caprivi: Crabbea
Flora of the DRC: Crabbea
Flora of Malawi: Crabbea
Flora of Mozambique: Crabbea
Flora of Rwanda: Crabbea
Flora of Zambia: Crabbea
External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): CrabbeaBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Crabbea
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Crabbea
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Crabbea
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Crabbea
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Crabbea
JSTOR Plant Science: Crabbea
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Crabbea
Plants of the World Online: Crabbea
Tropicos: Crabbea
Wikipedia: Crabbea
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