9160.000 Sigesbeckia L.

Wild, H. (1967) The Compositae of the Flora Zambesiaca area. 1. Heliantheae. Kirkia 6(1) 1-62

Description of the genus

Erect annual herbs (in ours). Leaves opposite, serrate. Inflorescence of lax panicles. Capitula heterogamous; ray-florets in one row, female, fertile, inconspicuous and yellow; disk-florets bisexual, fertile. Phyllaries 3-5, leafy, exceeding the capitula, spathulate and densely glandular, the inner phyllaries embracing the fertile achenes of the ray-florets. Receptacular scales convex, clasping and enfolding the florets. Ray-florets with a small 3-lobed ligule; disk-florets tubular. Style 2-fid. Achenes oblong-ovoid, usually curved. Pappus 0.

Derivation of name: After John George Sigesbeck (1686-1755), physician and botanist of Leipzig, director of the St Petersburg Botanic Garden

Worldwide: c. 3 species in the tropics and Macaronesia

Malawi: 1 taxon.

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Species	FZ divisions	Content
orientalis L.	N,S	Description, Image

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