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Annual or perennial herbs, without stinging hairs. Stipules fused, intrapetiolar. Leaves distichous, asymmetrical. Inflorescences of unisexual sessile capitula with a disk-shaped receptacle surrounded by involucral bracts. Male flowers 4-5-merous. Worldwide: c. 300 species in the tropical Old World, extending to New Zealand Malawi: 3 taxa. |
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Species | FZ divisions | Content |
monticola Hook. f. | N | Description, Image |
paivaeanum Wedd. | N | |
welwitschii Engl. | N |
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