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Herbs, subshrubs or shrubs,
sometimes succulent or climbing. Leaves alternate, sometimes radical, entire or lobed. Capitula either (1) heterogamous with
marginal fertile (rarely sterile) female florets and bisexual disk florets or (2) homogamous. Calyculus of usually much shorter
basal bracts present. Flowers usually yellow, less often purple or white. Phyllaries in 1 subequal series. Receptacle flat or ± convex, without scales, pitted or
shortly fimbriate. Pappus of bristles. Worldwide: c.1250 species, cosmopolitan DRC: 4 taxa. Insects associated with this genus:
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| Species | Botanical divisions | Content |
| coronatus (Thunb.) Harv. | XI | Description, Image |
| crassorhizus De Wild. [NrEnd] | ||
| diphyllus De Wild. & Muschl. | XI | Image |
| erubescens Aiton var. erubescens | Description, Image |