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Calostephane

Calostephane is a genus of flowering plants in the aster family, Asteraceae.

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Calostephane
Calostephane divaricata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Embryophytes
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Spermatophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Tribe: Inuleae
Subtribe: Plucheinae
Genus: Calostephane
Benth.
Type species
Calostephane divaricata
Synonyms1
  • Mollera O.Hoffm.

Calostephane is a genus of flowering plants in the aster family, Asteraceae.23

It is distributed in tropical southern Africa and Madagascar.41

These are annual herbs. The alternately arranged, toothed leaves are decurrent, the bases wrapping the stem to form wings. The flower heads are solitary or borne in loose panicle inflorescences. The heads contain yellow disc florets, and some species have yellow ray florets. The fruit has a pappus with an outer row of wide, membranous scales and an inner row of longer, narrower scales.4

Species145
References

References

  1. "Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist". Retrieved 2014-11-11.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  2. Bentham, George. 1872. Hooker's Icones Plantarum 12: plate 1111 line drawing of Calostephane divaricata
  3. Bentham, George. 1872. Hooker's Icones Plantarum 12: pages 10-11 descriptions in Latin, commentary in English
  4. Calostephane. Flora of Zimbabwe.
  5. Calostephane. The Plant List.