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9238.00 Cosmos - Cosmos
Description of the genus
Annual or perennial herbs or shrubs. Leaves opposite, pinnatisect or simple. Capitula terminal, solitary or arranged in few-headed terminal or axillary cymes. Phyllaries in 2 series; outer leafy, inner usually scarious. Receptacular scales present. Ray florets neuter; disk florets many.Rays (in ours) sulphur-yellow, orange, red, pink or white . Achenes fusiform, typically attenuate into a beak. Pappus 0 or of backwardly-barbed bristles. Worldwide: c. 30 species from the Americas Zimbabwe: 2 taxa. |
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Links to taxa: View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this genus
| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| bipinnatus Cav. | W,C,E | Description, Image |
| sulphureus Cav. | N,C,E | Description, Image |
Other sources of information about Cosmos:
Our websites:
Flora of Malawi: CosmosFlora of Zambia: Cosmos
Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Cosmos
External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): CosmosBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Cosmos
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Cosmos
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Cosmos
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Cosmos
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Cosmos
JSTOR Plant Science: Cosmos
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Cosmos
Plants of the World Online: Cosmos
Tropicos: Cosmos
Wikipedia: Cosmos
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