e-Key v3 - Key to Inuleae Genera
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Interactive keys to the identification of seed plants of southern Africa using keys based on plant morphology.
  • Key to the genera of the Inuleae partly after Anderberg: 85 (1991)
Backtrack a
  • Pappus 0, or of wide scales, often with protruding bristle-like mid-portion, or very short, not of capillary bristles
002
b
  • Pappus of well-developed capillary bristles
002
Backtrack a
  • Receptacle epaleate
002
b
  • Receptacle paleate
002
Backtrack a
  • Receptacle clothed with many bristles
Geigeria
b
  • Receptacle without bristles
Calostephane
Backtrack a
  • Stem winged
  • Pappus of very short barbellate bristles
Ondetia
b
  • Stem not winged
  • Pappus of scales or 0
Anisopappus
Backtrack a
  • Pappus of bristles and scales
002
b
  • Pappus of bristles only
002
Backtrack a
  • Pappus bristles plumose
Pegolettia in part
b
  • Pappus bristles barbellate
002
Backtrack a
  • Pappus scales forming short connate cup
  • Capitula generally disciform
Pulicaria
b
  • Pappus scales ± free
  • Capitula discoid
Pegolettia in part
Backtrack a
  • Capitula discoid
002
b
  • Capitula radiate or disciform
002
Backtrack a
  • Leaves pinnatifid or profoundly lobed
Antiphiona
b
  • Leaves neither pinnatifid nor lobed
002
Backtrack a
  • Capitula small, few-flowered
* Pentanema
b
  • Capitula larger, many-flowered
Inula glomerata
Backtrack a
  • Marginal florets female, filiform
002
b
  • Marginal florets female, radiate or miniradiate
002
Backtrack a
  • Leaves linear-lanceolate, sessile, margin entire
  • Involucral bracts linear-lanceolate, distinctly imbricate
  • Stems sometimes narrowly winged
Pechuel-Loeschea
b
  • Leaves elliptic to ovate, petiolate, margins serrate
  • Involucral bracts many, linear-filiform
  • Stems never winged
Blumea
Backtrack a
  • Endothecial tissue radial
Inula paniculata
b
  • Endothecial tissue polarised
* Dittrichia

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