8926.000 Conyza Less. - Fleabanes

Wild, H. (1975) The Compositae of the Flora Zambesiaca area. 4. Astereae. Kirkia 10(1) 1-72

Description of the genus

Annual or perennial herbs or shrubs. Leaves alternate, entire, toothed or pinnatifid. Capitula heterogamous. Phyllaries in 2-many series, narrowly linear, lanceolate or oblong, the outer smaller. Outer female florets white, sordid, greenish or yellow in 2-many series, fertile, filiform, either bearing rays or minutely 3-4(-5)-lobed or truncate. Disk florets whitish-yellow or greenish, bisexual but often sterile, tube with triangular lobes. Pappus accrescent, with numerous barbellate setae.

Comment: According to latest research the genus name Conyza is no longer accepted and all taxa formerly assigned to this name have been moved to various other genera such as Erigeron, Nidorella, Microglossa or Eschenbachia. However, several species appear to be as yet unplaced so we have no choice but to leave them under Conyza for now.

Worldwide: c.60 species, occurring in temperate and warm areas.

Zimbabwe: 1 taxon.

Nidorella aegyptiaca

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Other sources of information about Conyza:

Our websites:

Flora of Botswana: Conyza
Flora of Caprivi: Conyza
Flora of Caprivi: cultivated Conyza
Flora of Malawi: Conyza
Flora of Mozambique: Conyza
Flora of Zambia: Conyza

External websites:

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Conyza
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Conyza
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Conyza
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Conyza
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Conyza
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Conyza
JSTOR Plant Science: Conyza
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Conyza
Plants of the World Online: Conyza
Tropicos: Conyza
Wikipedia: Conyza

Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2002-24

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Zimbabwe: Genus page: Conyza.
https://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=1480, retrieved 19 March 2024

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