Pseudelephantopus Rohr, Skrifl. Nat. Selsk. Kiobenl. 2: 214. 1792
|
publication ID |
https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.37.6499 |
|
persistent identifier |
https://treatment.plazi.org/id/9B321D5E-FDCA-9878-F9C3-5BBD135E48F3 |
|
treatment provided by |
|
|
scientific name |
Pseudelephantopus Rohr, Skrifl. Nat. Selsk. Kiobenl. 2: 214. 1792 |
| status |
nom. et orth. cons. |
Pseudelephantopus Rohr, Skrifl. Nat. Selsk. Kiobenl. 2: 214. 1792 nom. et orth. cons.
Type.
Pseudelephantopus spicatus (Aubl.) C.F. Baker.
Description.
Perennial herbs. Stems erect, surface pilose-villose. Leaves simple, alternate or in rosette, sessile or petiolate; lamina obovate, oblanceolate, puberulous glandular; margin crenate, slightly serrate, dentate to entire; apex acute or obtuse, base cuneate to attenuate, chartaceous. Capitulescences terminal and axillary, spicate. Capitula discoid, tubular, clusters supported by foliaceous bracts, homogamous, florets bisexual and fertile. Phyllaries 8, in 2 series, decussate, persistent, oblong, outer surface puberulous. Florets 4; corollas white, glabrous, lobes 5, zygomorphic. Anthers 5, syngenesious, apical appendages acute, anther bases not calcarate. Styles white, 2-branched, inner surface covered with stigmatic papillae, outer surface covered with sweeping hairs reaching to below style bifurcation. Achenes usually clavate, 10-ribbed, pubescent, carpopodium present. Pappus with 2 unequal contorted bristles. Pollen lophate, 3-porate, without micropuncta.
One species is recognized in Thailand.
No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.