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Leistner, O.A. (ed.) (2000) Seed plants of southern Africa: families and genera Strelitzia 10
Wild, H. (1980) The Compositae of the Flora Zambesiaca area, 12. Inuleae (continued). Kirkia 12(1) 23-113
Perennial herb. Leaves alternate, petiolate, glandular-hairy; margin dentate. Capitula radiate, borne in loose corymbs. Involucre campanulate; phyllaries in 4 rows. Receptacle flat with linear scales as long as the disk florets. Ray florets female, yellow; pappus a crown of scales. Disk florets bisexual, yellow, 5-lobed, the lobes strongly bent backwards; achenes sparsely hairy; pappus of few barbellate bristles in 1 row and a crown of scales. Derivation of name: Philyro -lime tree (Gr); phyllon - leaf (Gr); "leaves like a lime tree". Worldwide: 1 species, occurring in southern Africa Caprivi: 1 taxon. |
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