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Dichrocephala

Dichrocephala is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae, native to tropical Africa and southern Asia.SpeciesDichrocephala benthamii C.B.Clarke - China, Indian Subcontinent, Indochina Dichrocephala chrysanthemifolia (Blume) DC. - tropical Africa, Arabian Peninsula, Indian Subcontinent, Tibet, southwestern China, Indochina, Japan, Java, Philippines Dichrocephala gossypina Baker - Madagascar Dichrocephala integrifolia (L.f.) Kuntze - tropical and southern Africa, Madagascar, Yemen, Turkey, Caucasus, Iran, China, Southeast Asia, New Guinea, Australia, some Pacific Islands including Hawaii

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Dichrocephala
Dichrocephala integrifolia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Embryophytes
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Spermatophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Asteroideae
Tribe: Astereae
Subtribe: Grangeinae
Genus: Dichrocephala
L'Hér. ex DC.

Dichrocephala is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae, native to tropical Africa and southern Asia.1234567

Species8
  • Dichrocephala benthamii C.B.Clarke - China, Indian Subcontinent, Indochina
  • Dichrocephala chrysanthemifolia (Blume) DC. - tropical Africa, Arabian Peninsula, Indian Subcontinent, Tibet, southwestern China, Indochina, Japan, Java, Philippines
  • Dichrocephala gossypina Baker - Madagascar9
  • Dichrocephala integrifolia (L.f.) Kuntze - tropical and southern Africa, Madagascar, Yemen, Turkey, Caucasus, Iran, China, Southeast Asia, New Guinea, Australia, some Pacific Islands including Hawaii
References

References

  1. Candolle, Augustin Pyramus de. 1833. Archives de Botanique 2: 517–518
  2. Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin-Dahlem. "Details for: Astereae". Euro+Med PlantBase. Freie Universität Berlin. Retrieved 2009-07-18.
  3. UniProt. "Tribe Astereae". Retrieved 2009-07-18.
  4. National Herbarium of New South Wales. "Genus Kippistia". New South Wales FloraOnline. Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney. Retrieved 2009-07-18.
  5. "Polyarrhena Cass". African Plants Database. South African National Biodiversity Institute, the Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de la Ville de Genève and Tela Botanica. Retrieved 2009-07-18.
  6. Tropicos, Dichrocephala L'Hér. ex DC.
  7. Flora of China Vol. 20-21 Page 550 鱼眼草属 yu yan cao shu Dichrocephala L’Héritier ex Candolle, Arch. Bot. (Paris). 2: 517. 1833.
  8. Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist search for Dichrocephala
  9. Baker, J.G. 1889. Further contributions to the flora of Madagascar. Journal of the Linnean Society, Botany 25: 294–350