e-Key v3 - Inulanthera
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Asteraceae - Anthemideae - Inulanthera Källersjö

Description :

  • Glabrous or pubescent shrubs; indumentum of simple hairs; secretory cavities completely absent from all parts
  • Leaves alternate, entire, toothed or lobed, dotted with immersed glands
  • Capitula discoid, in corymbs
  • Involucre subglobose
  • Receptacle flat, generally with paleae, rarely epaleate
  • Corolla glandular, with narrow tube and distinct, partly enervate 5-lobed limb
  • Anthers ecalcarate and caudate with distinct tails; endothecial tissue polarised
  • Cypselas obovoid with slightly curved base, and with (8-)10 rounded ribs, sometimes with minute papillae, occasionally with small, almost sessile glands in 2 rows
  • Pappus of small, entire or toothed scales; 1 scale terminating each rib

Nomenclature:

  • Inulanthera Källersjö
    • Källersjö: 539 (1985)
    • Bremer & Humphries: 108 (1993)
    • Bremer: 455 (1994)

Distribution & Notes:

  • Global : Species 10, southern Africa, Angola, Zimbabwe and Madagascar
  • Southern Africa : Species 7, Northern Province, Mpumalanga, Swaziland, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal and Eastern Cape

References:

  • BREMER, K. 1994. Asteraceae , cladistics & classification . Timber Press, Portland, Oregon
  • BREMER, K. & HUMPHRIES, C. 1993. Generic monograph of the Asteraceae - Anthemideae . Bulletin of the Natural History Museum, Botany Series 23
  • KÄLLERSJÖ, M. 1985. Fruit structure and generic delimitation of Athanasia ( Asteraceae - Anthemideae ) and related South African genera. Nordic Journal of Botany 5