9170.000 Montanoa Cerv. - Tree daisies

Bailey, L.H. & Bailey, E.Z. (1976) Hortus Third. A concise Dictionary of Plants Cultivated in the United States and Canada Macmillan Publishing Co, Inc., New York

Maroyi, A. (2006) Preliminary checklist of introduced and naturalized plants in Zimbabwe. Kirkia 18(2) 177-247

Wild, H. (1967) The Compositae of the Flora Zambesiaca area. 1. Heliantheae. Kirkia 6(1) 1-62

Description of the genus

Shrubs or trees. Leaves opposite, often lobed or pinnatifid. Capitula numerous, in corymbose panicles, radiate, heterogamous; ray florets white, neuter; disk florets bisexual, fertile. Phyllaries 2-seriate. Receptacular scales folded and clasping the achenes; apex caudate to spine-tipped. Achenes obovoid, ± bilaterally flattened. Pappus 0.

Worldwide: 25 species in tropical America

DRC: 0 taxa.

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