Paepalanthus Kunth

Description of the genus

Herbs, annual or perennial, the stem short or elongate. Leaves thin to thick and coriaceous; capitula single or arranged in umbels. Capitulum villous; floral bracts present; flowers 2–3-merous; petals eglandular. Male sepals free except at the extreme base; petals connate into a glabrous infundibuliform tube bearing the stamens on its truncate upper margin. Female sepals free except at the extreme base and usually becoming rigid at maturity; petals free. Seeds variable, often with longitudinal ridges.

Worldwide: 500 species mostly in South America.

Zambia: 1 taxon.

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lamarckii Kunth NLp

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External websites:

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Paepalanthus
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Paepalanthus
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Paepalanthus
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Paepalanthus
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Paepalanthus
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Paepalanthus
JSTOR Plant Science: Paepalanthus
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Paepalanthus
Plants of the World Online: Paepalanthus
Tropicos: Paepalanthus
Wikipedia: Paepalanthus

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: Paepalanthus.
https://www.zambiaflora.com/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=1948, retrieved 3 December 2024

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