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Annual herbs with stems winged from the decurrent leaf bases. Leaves alternate; margin dentate. Capitula solitary or arranged in loose corymbose panicles. Phyllaries in 1-2 rows. Receptacle without scales. Capitula radiate (in ours); ray florets female, yellow; disk florets bisexual, fertile, 5-lobed, also yellow. Achenes cylindric, ribbed; pappus of 2 rows of scales; outer broad, obovate, membranous; inner narrower, longer and serrulate; or (in C. angolensis) pappus reduced to a minute annular rim.
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Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Calostephane Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=1504
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Calostephane

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Calostephane is a genus of flowering plants in the aster family, Asteraceae.[2][3]

It is distributed in tropical southern Africa and Madagascar.[4][1]

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]

Species[1][4][5]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist". Archived from the original on 2014-11-11. Retrieved 2014-11-11.
  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. ^ a b c Calostephane. Flora of Zimbabwe.
  5. ^ Calostephane. The Plant List.
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Calostephane: Brief Summary

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

It is distributed in tropical southern Africa and Madagascar.

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.

Species Calostephane angolensis - Angola Calostephane divaricata - Mozambique, Eswatini, Botswana, Limpopo, KwaZulu-Natal Calostephane huillensis - Angola Calostephane madagascariensis - Madagascar Calostephane marlothiana - Namibia Calostephane punctulata - Angola
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