8929.000 Nolletia Cass.

Leistner, O.A. (ed.) (2000) Seed plants of southern Africa: families and genera Strelitzia 10

Wild, H. (1975) The Compositae of the Flora Zambesiaca area. 4. Astereae. Kirkia 10(1) 1-72

Description of the genus

Perennial herbs or small shrubs. Inflorescence laxly corymbose with long peduncles or capitula solitary. Phyllaries linear and acute to acuminate. Capitula disciform; disk florets bisexual, 5-lobed, yellow; marginal florets female, in 1 row, yellow. Achenes ellipsoid or oblong-ellipsoid, ribbed at the margins. Pappus of few caducous barbellate bristles in 1 row.

Worldwide: 10 species in S and N Africa, extending to Europe

Botswana: 3 taxa.

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SpeciesFZ divisionsContent
arenosa O. Hoffm.SW
ciliaris (DC.) SteetzSW,SE
zambesica R.E. Fr.N

Other sources of information about Nolletia:

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Flora of Zambia: Nolletia
Flora of Zimbabwe: Nolletia

External websites:

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Nolletia
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Nolletia
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Nolletia
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Nolletia
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Nolletia
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Nolletia
JSTOR Plant Science: Nolletia
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Nolletia
Plants of the World Online: Nolletia
Tropicos: Nolletia
Wikipedia: Nolletia

Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2014-24

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Botswana: Genus page: Nolletia.
https://www.botswanaflora.com/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=1481, retrieved 29 March 2024

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