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Arctotheca
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Specimen Records:14
Specimens with Sequences:16
Specimens with Barcodes:13
Species:3
Species With Barcodes:3
Public Records:11
Public Species:2
Public BINs:0
Arctotheca /ˌɑrktɵˈθiːkə/[2] is a small genus of flowering plants in the aster family. They are annuals or perennials native to southern Africa. At least two species are widely naturalized elsewhere, including Europe, California, Argentina, and Australia.[3][4]
- Species[1]
- Arctotheca calendula - Cape Provinces, Lesotho, KwaZulu-Natal
- Arctotheca forbesiana - Cape Provinces
- Arctotheca marginata - Cape Provinces
- Arctotheca populifolia - Cape Provinces, KwaZulu-Natal
- Arctotheca prostrata - Cape Provinces
References[edit]
- ^ a b Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
- ^ Sunset Western Garden Book, 1995:606–607
- ^ Wendland, Johann Christoph. 1798. Botanische Beobachtungen 41
- ^ Tropicos, Arctotheca J.C. Wendl.
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Perennial herbs; stems often creeping or decumbent. Leaves alternate, petiolate, lyrate-pinnatifid, white-woolly beneath. Capitula radiate, solitary; ray florets neuter (not producing achenes), yellow; disk florets bisexual, also yellow. Receptacle without scales. Phyllaries imbricate, in many rows; margins scarious. Achenes obovoid, ribbed; pappus 0 or of small scales.
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