Description
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Suberect or prostrate, annual
herbs. Leaves alternate, pinnatifid. Capitula terminal,
leaf-opposed or 3-6 together in terminal corymbs, heterogamous, disciform; outer florets female; disk
florets bisexual. Phyllaries subequal, 1-2-seriate; margin of
inner phyllaries membranous. Corolla yellow; lobes
of bisexual disk florets very spreading and rotate. Achenes
with or without a cartilaginous apex, sometimes constricted
between achene and apex. Pappus of numerous, minute,
scale-like teeth.
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- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Grangea Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=1472
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- Mark Hyde
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- Bart Wursten
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- Petra Ballings
Grangea: Brief Summary
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Grangea is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae.
Species
Grangea anthemoides O.Hoffm. - Angola, Botswana, Zambia, Namibia
Grangea ceruanoides Cass. - Sahel region from Mauritania to Sudan
Grangea gossypina (Baker) Fayed - Madagascar
Grangea jeffreyana Fayed - Burundi
Grangea lyrata (DC.) Fayed - Madagascar
Grangea madagascariensis Vatke - Madagascar
Grangea maderaspatana (L.) Poir. - widespread in Africa and tropical Asia
Grangea zambesiaca Fayed - Zambia
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