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Garuleum

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Garuleum
Garuleum sonchifolium
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Asteroideae
Tribe: Calenduleae
Genus: Garuleum
Cass.
Type species
Garuleum viscosum
(syn of G. pinnatifidum)[1]

Garuleum is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae, native to southern Africa.[2][3] Garuleum is one of eight genera of Calenduleae.

Description

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The style of disc florets are deeply bifurcate (forked) with linear lobes. They are covered with papillae to well below point of bifurcation.[4]

Species

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The following species are recognised:[5]

References

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  1. ^ Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist, Garuleum viscosum Cass.
  2. ^ Cassini, Alexandre Henri Gabriel de. 1819. Bulletin des Sciences, par la Societe Philomatique 1819: 172-173. genus description in Latin, species description (Garuleum viscosum) and commentary in French
  3. ^ Tropicos, Garuleum Cass.
  4. ^ Manning, John; Goldblatt, Peter (2012). Plants of the Greater Cape Floristic Region : 1: the core Cape flora (PDF). Pretoria: South African National Biodiversity Institute, SANBI. ISBN 978-1-919976-74-7. OCLC 852384288.
  5. ^ "Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist search for Garuleum". Archived from the original on 2014-11-30. Retrieved 2014-11-28.