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9595.000 Sonchus
Description of the genus
Annual, biennial or perennial herbs. Stems erect, hollow. Leaves alternate, cauline, undivided or pinnately lobed; base ± auriculate to sagittate; margin often spiny-ciliate. Phyllaries several-seriate, imbricate; outer eventually swollen at base. Receptacle naked, pitted. Florets yellow. Achenes flattened, truncate above, ± strongly ribbed; beak 0. Pappus several-seriate, dimorphic, consisting of setae and fine down-like hairs intermixed. Zimbabwe: 7 taxa. Insects associated with this genus:
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| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| asper (L.) Hill subsp. asper | N,C,E,S | Description, Image |
| dregeanus DC. | W,S | Description |
| friesii Boulos var. friesii | E | |
| friesii Boulos var. integer G.V. Pope | E | Description, Image |
| integrifolius Harv. | C,E | |
| oleraceus L. | N,W,C,E,S | Description, Image |
| schweinfurthii Oliv. & Hiern | W,C,E | Description, Image |
Other sources of information about Sonchus:
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Flora of Botswana: SonchusFlora of Burundi: Sonchus
Flora of Malawi: Sonchus
Flora of Mozambique: Sonchus
Flora of Zambia: Sonchus
External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): SonchusBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Sonchus
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Sonchus
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Sonchus
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Sonchus
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Sonchus
JSTOR Plant Science: Sonchus
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Sonchus
Plants of the World Online: Sonchus
Tropicos: Sonchus
Wikipedia: Sonchus
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