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Leistner, O.A. (ed.) (2000) Seed plants of southern Africa: families and genera Strelitzia 10
Herbs or small shrubs. Leaves alternate. Capitula discoid, usually solitary and pedunculate or corymbose, homogamous with bisexual, fertile disk florets. Receptacular scales 0. Phyllaries 4-seriate, usually ovate; margin membranous. Pappus of 1 lateral, broad, membranous scale, or a membranous cup or a toothed crown or 0. Derivation of name: after Hendrik Christian Pentz, 1738–1803, Swedish plant collector. Worldwide: 23 species, mostly in southern Africa; 2 in North Africa (Morocco and Algeria) Zimbabwe: 1 taxon. |
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