9096.000 Anisopappus Hook. & Arn.
Ortiz, S., Paiva, J.A.R. & Rodriguez-Oubina, J. (1996) An Outline of the Genus Anisopappus (Hook. & Arn. (Compositae) Anales Jard. Bot. Madrid 54 378-391
Wild, H. (1963) A Revision of the Genus Anisopappus Hook. & Arn. (Compositae) Kirkia 4 45-73
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 usually
with scattered golden glands. Leaves alternate, simple, entire, lobed or pinnatisect. Capitula in terminal corymbs or solitary. Phyllaries in 3-5 series. Receptacular scales present, ± clasping the disk florets and (in ours) rolled inwards lengthways. Female marginal florets tubular and glandular below, bearing a yellow ligule. Inner florets bisexual, 5-lobed, with ellipsoid or subcylindric achenes. Pappus variable, sometimes 0. Worldwide: c. 30 species in tropical and South Africa; one species in China Caprivi: 3 cultivated taxa. |
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