2036.000 Leucospermum R. Br.

Description of the genus

Shrubs or small trees. Leaves alternate, with apical teeth. Inflorescence a capitulum, axillary, solitary or in groups; involucral bracts small and green, not brightly coloured.

Worldwide: 46 species, mainly S african with one extending to Zimbabwe

No image of a cultivated species but there is an image of a native or naturalised species

Links to cultivated taxa    View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this genus

SpeciesContent
saxosum S. MooreDescription, Image

Other sources of information about Leucospermum:

Flora of Zimbabwe: native/naturalised Leucospermum page
ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Leucospermum
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Leucospermum
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Leucospermum
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Leucospermum
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Leucospermum

Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings, 2002-13

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. & Ballings, P. (2013). Flora of Zimbabwe: Cultivated plants: genus page: Leucospermum.
http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/cult/genus.php?genus_id=486, retrieved 19 June 2013

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