8951.000 Nicolasia S. Moore

Wild, H. (1980) The Compositae of the Flora Zambesiaca area, 12. Inuleae (continued). Kirkia 12(1) 23-113

Description of the genus

Annual or perennial herbs. Stems sometimes winged. Leaves alternate. Inflorescence a panicle or with solitary capitula on the branch ends. Phyllaries 3-7-rowed, often acuminate or aristate at apex and glandular outside. Capitula heterogamous with bisexual disk-florets and marginal filiform female florets which lack ligules. Receptacular scales 0. Pappus of 5-15 delicate minutely barbellate bristles in all the florets.

Worldwide: 7 species from south-western tropical Africa

Zambia: 5 taxa.

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SpeciesFZ divisionsProvincesContent
coronata Wild[End]N
costata (Klatt) Thell.B
felicioides (Hiern) S. MooreB,N,W,C
nitens (O. Hoffm.) EylesB,S
pedunculata S. Moore subsp. pedunculata Nw

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Flora of Botswana: Nicolasia
Flora of Burundi: Nicolasia
Flora of Caprivi: Nicolasia
Flora of Malawi: Nicolasia
Flora of Zimbabwe: Nicolasia

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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Nicolasia
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IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Nicolasia
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Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Nicolasia
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Tropicos: Nicolasia
Wikipedia: Nicolasia

Copyright: Mike Bingham, Annette Willemen, Nicholas Wightman, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Mark Hyde, 2011-24

Bingham, M.G., Willemen, A., Wightman, N., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. and Hyde, M.A. (2024). Flora of Zambia: Genus page: Nicolasia.
https://www.zambiaflora.com/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=1488, retrieved 14 October 2024

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