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Cineraria L.

Cineraria (en)

Genus

Angiosperms > Asterales > Asteraceae

Characteristics

Perennial herbs or sub-shrubs. Leaves alternate, mostly pinnatisect-lobed, auriculate, palmately veined. Capitula in lax corymbose cymes, radiate or rarely discoid. Involucre 1-seriate, with calyculus; receptacle epaleate. Florets yellow, the outer female, radiate, in 1 series; the inner hermaphrodite, infundibuliform or narrowly campanulate. Anthers obtuse or slightly sagittate at base, with ovate apical appendage. Style branches truncate to obtuse. Achenes compressed with thickened or winged margins; pappus of many fine bristles.
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Herbs or subshrubs. Leaves sessile, pinnately veined. Capitula radiate (in Australia) or rarely discoid, pedunculate, calyculate; involucral bracts free. Florets: ligule yellow; disc florets rarely functionally male; corolla limbs yellow; anthers obtuse or shortly sagittate; style branches recurved, truncate, crowned with papillae, with terminal appendage minute, conical. Achenes ±homomorphic, obovate, compressed. Pappus caducous.
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Germination duration (days) 14 - 21
Germination temperacture (C°) 21
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Images

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Distribution

Cineraria world distribution map, present in Australia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:30024902-2
WFO ID wfo-4000008336
COL ID 3PYW
BDTFX ID 98799
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Synonyms

Cineraria

Lower taxons

Cineraria austrotransvaalensis Cineraria pinnata Cineraria britteniae Cineraria mollis Cineraria ngwenyensis Cineraria longipes Cineraria microglossa Cineraria glandulosa Cineraria lyratiformis Cineraria densiflora Cineraria polycephala Cineraria humifusa l'hér. Cineraria albomontana Cineraria geifolia Cineraria aspera Cineraria vagans Cineraria deltoidea Cineraria erosa Cineraria arctotidea Cineraria saxifraga Cineraria decipiens Cineraria burkei Cineraria mitellifolia l'hér. Cineraria abyssinica Cineraria erodioides Cineraria huilensis Cineraria magnicephala Cineraria platycarpa Cineraria tomentosolanatus Cineraria grandibracteata Cineraria cyanomontana Cineraria atriplicifolia Cineraria parvifolia Cineraria exilis Cineraria alchemilloides Cineraria albicans Cineraria vallis-pacis Cineraria erosa Cineraria canescens Cineraria tomentolanatus Cineraria tomentolanata Cineraria geraniifolia Cineraria anampoza Cineraria mazoensis Cineraria dieterlenii Cineraria laxiflora Cineraria lobata l'hér. Cineraria dryogeton Cineraria pulchra Cineraria sebaldii
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