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9406.000 Cineraria
Cron, G.V., Balkwill, K. & Knox, E.B. (2006) Two new species and a variety of Cineraria (Asteraceae) from tropical Africa Kew Bulletin 61 167 - 178
Cron, G.V., Balkwill, K. & Knox, E.B. (2006) A revision of the genus Cineraria (Asteraceae, Senecioneae) Kew Bulletin 61 449 - 535
Description of the genus
Perennial herbs or subshrubs. Stems and leaves often grey, covered with a cobwebby indumentum. Leaves palmately veined and auriculate. Involucre with a calyculus. Capitula heterogamous, radiate; ray and disk florets yellow. Achenes flattened, obovate with narrow wings or margins and with a substantial carpopodium. Pappus of white caducous setae. Derivation of name: from "cinereus" meaning ash-coloured, referring to the greyish indumentum. Worldwide: 35 species in tropical and South Africa, Madagascar and SW Arabia Zimbabwe: 4 taxa. |
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| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| deltoidea Sond. | E | Description, Image |
| mazoensis S. Moore var. mazoensis | N,C,E | Description, Image |
| mazoensis S. Moore var. graniticola Cron[End][DD] | W,E,S | Description, Image |
| pulchra Cron[NrEnd][LR-lc] | E | Description, Image |
Other sources of information about Cineraria:
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Flora of Malawi: CinerariaFlora of Mozambique: Cineraria
Flora of Zambia: Cineraria
Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Cineraria
External websites:
ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): CinerariaFlora Zambesiaca web site: Cineraria
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GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Cineraria
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Cineraria
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Cineraria
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