9499.000 Pleiotaxis Steetz

Wild, H. (1972) The Compositae of the Flora Zambesiaca area. 3. Mutisieae. Kirkia 8(2) 173-207

Description of the genus

Perennial herbs or suffrutices. Leaves alternate, usually sheathing the stem at the base. Inflorescences of racemes or panicles, sometimes the heads solitary or with a few subtending heads. Phyllaries in many rows, rounded or obtuse, sometimes purplish. Capitula homogamous, discoid; florets bisexual. Receptacular scales 0. Corolla tubular below, abruptly widening to a linear limb exserted beyond the pappus and involucre. Achenes densely hispid. Pappus of barbellate or ± plumose setae.

Worldwide: 26 species in tropical Africa

Caprivi: 1 taxon.

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antunesii O.Hoffm. Description, Image

Other sources of information about Pleiotaxis:

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Flora of Botswana: Pleiotaxis
Flora of Caprivi: cultivated Pleiotaxis
Flora of Malawi: Pleiotaxis
Flora of Mozambique: Pleiotaxis
Flora of Zambia: Pleiotaxis
Flora of Zimbabwe: Pleiotaxis

External websites:

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

Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2014-24

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Caprivi: Genus page: Pleiotaxis.
https://www.capriviflora.com/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=1567, retrieved 29 March 2024

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