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Cron, G.V., Balkwill, K. & Knox, E.B. (2006) A revision of the genus Cineraria (Asteraceae, Senecioneae) Kew Bulletin 61 449 - 535
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
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 Malawi: 2 taxa. |
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| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| deltoidea Sond. | N,S | Description, Image |
| mazoensis S. Moore var. mazoensis | C | Description, Image |
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