9356.000 Schistostephium Less.

Harris, T. (2013) A treatment of the African genus Schistostephium (Compositae: Anthemideae) Kew Bulletin 68(1) 107-120

Description of the genus

Herbs or subshrubs. Leaves alternate, fan-shaped, incised to 1- or 2-pinnatisect. Capitula small, usually in corymbs, many-flowered, heterogamous; marginal florets female; disk florets bisexual. Phyllaries 3-4-seriate. Receptacular scales 0. Pappus 0.

Worldwide: 12 species in tropical and South Africa

DRC: 0 taxa.

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