Asteraceae

Pseudognaphalium Kirp.

First published in Trudy Bot. Inst. Akad. Nauk S.S.S.R., Ser. 1, Fl. Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 9: 33 (1950)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Cosmopolitan.

Descriptions

Compositae, H. Beentje, C. Jeffrey & D.J.N. Hind. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 2005

Morphology General Habit
Perennial, annual or biennual herbs
Morphology Leaves
Leaves alternate, woolly or glandular, often discolorous
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Capitulum
Capitula disciform, in small loose terminal corymbs; receptacle smooth or honeycombed, epaleate; phyllaries in 3–4 rows, subequal, papery and glossy, yellowish to white to brownish, often with a central unthickened area, stereome usually divided
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Florets
Outer florets yellow, female, filiform; inner florets hermaphrodite, fewer than the outer, yellow, lobes glandular, anthers short-tailed, style branches truncate
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Achenes usually glabrous, with mucilaginous hairs; pappus of barbellate bristles, basally with patent cilia.
[FTEA]

M. Thulin et al. Flora of Somalia, Vol. 1-4 [updated 2008] https://plants.jstor.org/collection/FLOS

Morphology General Habit
Perennial, annual or biennual herbs
Morphology Leaves
Leaves alternate
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Capitula in small loose terminal corymbs, disciform; receptacle epaleate; phyllaries in 3–4 series, subequal. Outer florets yellow, female, filiform; inner florets bisexual, fewer than the outer, yellow, lobes glandular, anthers short-tailed, style-branches truncate
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Achenes usually glabrous, with mucilaginous hairs; pappus of barbellate bristles, basally with patent cilia.
Distribution
About 100 species, mainly from South and Central America, but several species in Africa and Asia.
[FSOM]

Sources

  • Flora of Somalia

    • Flora of Somalia
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Plants and People Africa

    • Common Names from Plants and People Africa http://www.plantsandpeopleafrica.com/
    • © Plants and People Africa http://www.plantsandpeopleafrica.com http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/