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Galeomma Rauschert

Hilliard, O.M. (1983) Asteraceae, Inuleae, Gnaphaliinae Flora of Southern Africa 33-7-2

Description of the genus

Annual herbs, prostrate, woolly. Leaves spathulate; margins flat. Heads in terminal glomerules embedded in wool; involucral bracts in few series, the tip of the lamina acute, whitish. Receptacle honeycombed. Flowers 11-125; corolla hairy on back of the lobes. Fruit an achene with duplex hairs. Pappus bristles evenly barbed.

Worldwide: 2 species, native to Namibia, Botswana and northern Cape.

Botswana: 1 taxon.

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stenolepis (S. Moore) HilliardSW

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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Galeomma
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Galeomma
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Galeomma
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Galeomma
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iNaturalist: Galeomma
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Galeomma
JSTOR Plant Science: Galeomma
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Galeomma
Plants of the World Online: Galeomma
Tropicos: Galeomma
Wikipedia: Galeomma
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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: Galeomma.
https://www.botswanaflora.com/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=2412, retrieved 23 April 2024

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