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8921.000 Microglossa
Wild, H. (1975) The Compositae of the Flora Zambesiaca area. 4. Astereae. Kirkia 10(1) 1-72
Description of the genus
Shrubs or climbers. Leaves alternate, petiolate; lamina entire or serrate. Capitula in ± dense corymbose or subspherical terminal cymes, heterogamous, radiate; ray florets female, 3-4-seriate; disk florets bisexual. Rays white. Achenes narrowly turbinate, slightly 4-ribbed, ± flattened, pubescent. Pappus 1-seriate, of numerous very slender subequal minutely barbellate setae. Worldwide: 10 species, occurring in Africa, Madagascar and Mascarenes. Zimbabwe: 1 taxon. |
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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): MicroglossaBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Microglossa
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Microglossa
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IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Microglossa
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Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Microglossa
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