9417.000 Euryops (Cass.) Cass.

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: 2 taxa.

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Species	FZ divisions	Content
chrysanthemoides (DC.) B. Nord.	C	Description, Image
transvaalensis Klatt subsp. setilobus (N.E.Br.) B. Nord.	E	Description, Image

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Flora of Botswana: Euryops
Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Euryops

External websites:

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Euryops
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Euryops
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Euryops
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Euryops
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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