9432.030 Haplocarpha Less.

Description of the genus

Perennial acaulescent herbs, from woody rootstocks. Leaves radical, entire to pinnatifid. Scapes with a single terminal capitulum. Capitula heterogamous, radiate. Phyllaries few-many-seriate. Receptacle shallowly fimbriate alveolate. Outer florets female; inner bisexual. Corolla yellow. Achenes turbinate, with a basal coma of hairs. Pappus 2-several-seriate; inner of delicate scales; outer smaller

Worldwide: 8 species from Africa.

Malawi: 1 taxon.

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Other sources of information about Haplocarpha:

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Flora of Botswana: Haplocarpha
Flora of Mozambique: Haplocarpha
Flora of Zambia: Haplocarpha
Flora of Zimbabwe: Haplocarpha
Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Haplocarpha

External websites:

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

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: Haplocarpha.
https://www.malawiflora.com/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=1562, retrieved 29 March 2023

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