9595.000 Sonchus L.

Description of the genus

Annual, biennial or perennial herbs. Stems erect, hollow. Leaves alternate, cauline, undivided or pinnately lobed; base ± auriculate to sagittate; margin often spiny-ciliate. Phyllaries several-seriate, imbricate; outer eventually swollen at base. Receptacle naked, pitted. Florets yellow. Achenes flattened, truncate above, ± strongly ribbed; beak 0. Pappus several-seriate, dimorphic, consisting of setae and fine down-like hairs intermixed.

Burundi: 4 taxa.

Insects associated with this genus:
Philotherma rosa (Rose eggar) Food plant
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SpeciesFZ divisionsContent
asper (L.) Hill[Agg]
luxurians (R.E. Fr.) C. Jeffrey
oleraceus L.Description, Image
schweinfurthii Oliv. & HiernDescription, Image

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Flora of Botswana: Sonchus
Flora of Malawi: Sonchus
Flora of Mozambique: Sonchus
Flora of Zambia: Sonchus
Flora of Zimbabwe: Sonchus

External websites:

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Sonchus
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Sonchus
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Sonchus
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Sonchus
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iNaturalist: Sonchus
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Sonchus
JSTOR Plant Science: Sonchus
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Sonchus
Plants of the World Online: Sonchus
Tropicos: Sonchus
Wikipedia: Sonchus

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