9170.000 Montanoa Cerv. - Tree daisies
Literature
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
Maroyi, A. (2006) Preliminary checklist of introduced and naturalized plants in Zimbabwe. Kirkia 18(2) 177-247
Wild, H. (1967) The Compositae of the Flora Zambesiaca area. 1. Heliantheae. Kirkia 6(1) 1-62
Description of the genus
Shrubs or trees. Leaves
opposite, often lobed or pinnatifid. Capitula numerous, in corymbose panicles, radiate, heterogamous; ray florets white,
neuter; disk florets bisexual, fertile. Phyllaries 2-seriate. Receptacular scales folded and clasping the
achenes; apex caudate to spine-tipped. Achenes obovoid,
± bilaterally flattened. Pappus 0. Worldwide: 25 species in tropical America |
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Other sources of information about Montanoa:
Flora of Zimbabwe:
cultivated Montanoa pageePIC (electronic Plant Information Center):
MontanoaFlora Zambesiaca web site:
MontanoaGoogle:
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ScholarGRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for
MontanoaIPNI (International Plant Names Index):
MontanoaKew Herbarium catalogue:
Montanoa
Copyright: Mark Hyde and Bart Wursten, 2002-10
Hyde, M.A. & Wursten, B.
(2010).
Flora of Zimbabwe: Genus page: Montanoa. http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=1519, retrieved 9 September 2010
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