9192.010 Sphagneticola O. Hoffm.

THELECHITONIA Cuatrec.

WEDELIA Jacq.

Bailey, L.H. & Bailey, E.Z. (1976) Hortus Third. A concise Dictionary of Plants Cultivated in the United States and Canada Macmillan Publishing Co, Inc., New York

Leistner, O.A. (ed.) (2000) Seed plants of southern Africa: families and genera Strelitzia 10

Description of the genus

Perennial herb with (in ours) ± prostrate stems rooting at the nodes. Leaves opposite, entire, toothed or (usually) lobed. Phyllaries in 2-3 rows. Capitula radiate, solitary on long peduncles; ray florets female, fertile; rays yellow to orange-yellow; disk florets bisexual, yellow to orange-yellow. Receptacle bearing scales. Achenes irregularly tuberculate, minutely hairy in upper part, with 1-2 caducous aristae. Pappus cup-shaped with 1-2 awns or none.

Worldwide: 100 species in tropical and warm regions of the world

Malawi: 1 taxon.

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Other sources of information about Sphagneticola:

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Flora of Malawi: cultivated Sphagneticola
Flora of Mozambique: Sphagneticola
Flora of Mozambique: cultivated Sphagneticola
Flora of Zimbabwe: Sphagneticola
Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Sphagneticola

External websites:

ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Sphagneticola
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Sphagneticola
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GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Sphagneticola
Wikipedia: Sphagneticola
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Sphagneticola
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Sphagneticola

Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2014-23

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2023). Flora of Malawi: Genus page: Sphagneticola.
https://www.malawiflora.com/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=1521, retrieved 2 April 2023

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