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9605.000 Crepis
Description of the genus
Subscapose perennial herbs (in ours). Leaves radical and rosulate or cauline and alternate. Capitula solitary or arranged in a corymb. Involucre obconic, becoming cylindric-campanulate. Phyllaries 2-several-seriate. Receptacle without scales, pitted. Florets yellow. Achenes ± terete and equal-ribbed, rough with ascending projections on the ribs, distinctly beaked (in ours). Pappus 1-many-seriate of barbellate, persistent setae. Worldwide: c.200 species in northern temperate zones, southern Africa and South America Zimbabwe: 2 taxa. |
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| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| hypochaeridea (DC.) Thell. | N,C,E | Description, Image |
| newii Oliv. & Hiern subsp. newii | E |
Other sources of information about Crepis:
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Flora of Burundi: CrepisFlora of Malawi: Crepis
Flora of Mozambique: Crepis
Flora of Zambia: Crepis
External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): CrepisBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Crepis
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Crepis
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Crepis
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Crepis
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Crepis
JSTOR Plant Science: Crepis
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Crepis
Plants of the World Online: Crepis
Tropicos: Crepis
Wikipedia: Crepis
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