9006.000 Helichrysum - Everlasting flowers
Hilliard, O.M. (1983) Asteraceae, Inuleae, Gnaphaliinae Flora of Southern Africa 33-7-2
Wild, H. (Undated, c. 1980?) A draft revision of Helichrysum Mill. for Flora Zambesiaca Unpublished ms.
Description of the genus
Herbs, suffrutices or shrubs, usually woolly or cobwebby and often glandular. Leaves alternate, entire. Capitula in terminal ± flat-topped corymbs or solitary. Phyllaries in few to many series, white, yellow, straw-coloured, pink or red (everlasting). Receptacle smooth, honeycombed or minutely fimbriate. Receptacular scales rarely present. Marginal florets female, central bisexual. Achenes usually glabrous. Pappus generally 1-seriate. Derivation of name: Greek for sun and gold, referring to the flower heads. Comment: Unfortunately we are still awaiting an updated revision of this large and diverse genus for the Flora Zambesiaca. The species list in our database is based on specimens found at SRGH and the unpublished and unfinished draft manuscript written by Prof. Hiram Wild around 1980. It is therefore possible that some names are missing or that not all names used in our system are taxonomically up-to-date and correct. Worldwide: c. 600 species in warm regions of the Old Word, especially southern Africa Zimbabwe: 54 taxa. |
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| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| acervatum S. Moore [NrEnd] [LR-lc] | E | Description, Image |
| acutatum DC. | E | Description, Image |
| adenocarpum DC. subsp. adenocarpum | C,E | Description, Image |
| africanum (S. Moore) Wild [NrEnd] [LR-nt] | E | Description, Image |
| argyrosphaerum DC. | N,W,C,E,S | Description, Image |
| asperum (Thunb.) Hilliard & B.L. Burtt | W,C,E,S | Description, Image |
| aureum (Houtt.) Merr. var. monocephalum (DC.) Hilliard | C,E | Description, Image |
| buchananii Engl. | C,E,S | Description, Image |
| caespititium (DC.) Harv. | C,E | Description, Image |
| callicomum Harv. | C,E | Description, Image |
| candolleanum H. Buek | N,W,C,E,S | Description, Image |
| cephaloideum DC. | N,C,E,S | Description, Image |
| chasei Wild [NrEnd] [LR-lc] | E | Description, Image |
| chionosphaerum DC. | E | Description, Image |
| cooperi Harv. | N,W,C,E | Description, Image |
| coriaceum Harv. | C,E | Description, Image |
| edwardsii Wild | E | |
| forskahlii (J.F. Gmel.) Hilliard & B.L. Burtt | W,C,E | Description, Image |
| goetzeanum O. Hoffm. | C,E | Description, Image |
| graniticola Wild [End] [LR-nt] | W,C,E | Description, Image |
| herbaceum (Andrews) Sweet | C,E | Description, Image |
| homilochrysum S. Moore | E | Description, Image |
| inyangense Wild [End] | E | Description, Image |
| kilimanjari Oliv. | E | Description, Image |
| kraussii Sch. Bip. | N,W,C,E,S | Description, Image |
| lepidissimum S. Moore | E,S | Description, Image |
| longiramum Moeser | E | Description, Image |
| maestum Wild [End] [VU] | E | Description, Image |
| mechowianum Klatt var. ceres (S. Moore) Beentje | N,C,E | Description, Image |
| membranaceum Wild | N,C | Description, Image |
| mixtum (Kuntze) Moeser | E | Description |
| moorei Staner [NrEnd] [LR-nt] | E | Description, Image |
| mundtii Harv. | C | Description |
| nitens Oliv. & Hiern subsp. nitens | C,E,S | Description, Image |
| nudifolium (L.) Less. var. nudifolium | N,W,C,E,S | Description, Image |
| nudifolium (L.) Less. var. oxyphyllum (DC.) Beentje | N,W,C,E,S | Description, Image |
| nudifolium (L.) Less. var. pilosellum (L. f.) Beentje | E | Description, Image |
| odoratissimum (L.) Sweet | C,E | Description, Image |
| panduratum O. Hoffm. var. panduratum | C,E,S | Description, Image |
| panduratum O. Hoffm. var. transvaalense Moeser | C,E | Description, Image |
| polycladum Klatt | E,S | Description, Image |
| rhodellum Wild [NrEnd] [LR-nt] | E | Description, Image |
| schimperi (Sch. Bip. ex A. Rich.) Moeser | E | Description, Image |
| serpentinicola Wild [End] | C | Description, Image |
| setosum Harv. | E | Image |
| sp.no.1 [aff.decorum (Chase 2884)] | E | |
| splendidum (Thunb.) Less. | E | Description, Image |
| stenopterum DC. | N,W,C,E,S | Description, Image |
| subglomeratum Less. | W,C | Description, Image |
| sulfureofuscum Baker | E | Image |
| swynnertonii S. Moore | E | Image |
| swynnertonii × nitens | E | |
| tomentulosum (Klatt) Merxm. subsp. tomentulosum | W,S | Description |
| umbraculigerum Less. | E | Description, Image |
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