8740.000 Erlangea Sch. Bip.

Wild, H. & Pope, G.V. (1977) The Compositae of the Flora Zambesiaca area. 7. Vernonieae (excluding Vernonia). Kirkia 10(2) 339-384

Description of the genus

Annual or perennial herbs. Stems striately ribbed. Leaves sessile, alternate, entire or serrate. Capitula homogamous and discoid, in lax corymbose cymes. Flowers purple to dark mauve. Achenes c. 4-ribbed, with glandular trichomes sunk in scattered pits between the ribs. Pappus 1-seriate, of caducous setae

Worldwide: 5 species in tropical Africa

Caprivi: 1 taxon.

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misera (Oliv. & Hiern) S. Moore	Description, Image

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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Erlangea
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JSTOR Plant Science: Erlangea
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Erlangea
Plants of the World Online: Erlangea
Tropicos: Erlangea
Wikipedia: Erlangea

Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2014-24

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Caprivi: Genus page: Erlangea.
https://www.capriviflora.com/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=1462, retrieved 30 October 2024

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