- Family:
- Asteraceae Bercht. & J.Presl
Sphaeranthus L.

[FTEA]
Compositae, H. Beentje, C. Jeffrey & D.J.N. Hind. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 2005
- Morphology General Habit
- Annual or perennial herbs, usually in moist sites; stems and branches usually with narrow wings
- Morphology Leaves
- Leaves usually glandular and aromatic, alternate (opposite in S. oppositifolius), usually with decurrent bases
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Capitulum
- Capitula congested in dense (sub)globose or ellipsoid secondary heads (the glomerule), disciform, usually few-flowered; receptacle of the glomerule convex; glomerules mauve or purple, solitary and terminal but often overtopped by lateral branches, subtended by sub-glabrous bracts which are visible or hidden by the capitula; individual capitula usually sessile, subtended by 2–10 (rarely more) usually scarious bracts
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Florets
- Outer florets female,filiform, becoming corky basally when achene matures, minutely 3-lobed; central florets hermaphrodite, tube cylindric, lobes 5; anthers sagittate with very short tails and a small ovate distal appendage; style undivided or minutely bifid
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Achenes small, fertile in outer florets, often vestigial or sterile in the inner florets, often hairy with bifid hairs; pappus absent.
Native to:
Andaman Is., Angola, Assam, Bangladesh, Benin, Borneo, Botswana, Burkina, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Central African Repu, Chad, China South-Central, China Southeast, Congo, East Himalaya, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Hainan, India, Iraq, Jawa, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Madagascar, Malawi, Malaya, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, Nicobar Is., Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, Philippines, Queensland, Rwanda, Senegal, Sinai, Somalia, South Australia, South European Russi, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Swaziland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Uganda, Vietnam, Western Australia, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe
- Sphaeranthus africanus L.
- Sphaeranthus amaranthoides Burm.f.
- Sphaeranthus angolensis O.Hoffm.
- Sphaeranthus angustifolius DC.
- Sphaeranthus bullatus Mattf.
- Sphaeranthus chandleri Ross-Craig
- Sphaeranthus confertifolius Robyns
- Sphaeranthus cotuloides DC.
- Sphaeranthus cristatus O.Hoffm.
- Sphaeranthus epigaeus Schinz
- Sphaeranthus fischeri O.Hoffm.
- Sphaeranthus flexuosus O.Hoffm. ex De Wild.
- Sphaeranthus foliosus Ross-Craig
- Sphaeranthus gallensis Sacleux
- Sphaeranthus gazaensis Bremek.
- Sphaeranthus gomphrenoides O.Hoffm.
- Sphaeranthus greenwayi Ross-Craig
- Sphaeranthus indicus L.
- Sphaeranthus kirkii Oliv. & Hiern
- Sphaeranthus mimetes Ross-Craig
- Sphaeranthus neglectus R.E.Fr.
- Sphaeranthus oppositifolius Ross-Craig
- Sphaeranthus peduncularis DC.
- Sphaeranthus peguensis Kurz ex C.B.Clarke
- Sphaeranthus ramosus (Klatt) Mesfin
- Sphaeranthus randii S.Moore
- Sphaeranthus salinarum Symoens
- Sphaeranthus samburuensis Beentje
- Sphaeranthus senegalensis DC.
- Sphaeranthus similis Kers
- Sphaeranthus spathulatus Peter
- Sphaeranthus steetzii Oliv. & Hiern
- Sphaeranthus strobiliferus Boiss. & Noë
- Sphaeranthus stuhlmannii O.Hoffm.
- Sphaeranthus suaveolens DC.
- Sphaeranthus talbotii S.Moore
- Sphaeranthus ukambensis Vatke & O.Hoffm.
- Sphaeranthus volgensis Tzvelev
- Sphaeranthus wattii Giess ex Merxm.
- Sphaeranthus zavattarii Cufod.
Sphaeranthus L. appears in other Kew resources:
First published in Sp. Pl.: 927 (1753)
Accepted by
- Roskov Y. & al. (eds.) (2018). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands.
Literature
Flora of West Tropical Africa
- Robyns in Kew Bull. 1924: 177—199
- Ross—Craig in Hook. Ic. Pl., ser. 5, 6: 1 (1954).
- —F.T.A. 3: 332
Flora of Tropical East Africa
- Anderb. in Plant Syst. & Evol. 176: 169 (1991)
- DC., Prodr. 5: 369 (1836)
- L., Gen. Pl. ed. 5: 399 (1754)
- Robyns in K.B. 1924: 177-199 (1924)
- Ross-Craig in Hook., Ic. Pl. ser. 5, 6: 1–90 (1954)
- Sp. Pl.: 927 (1753)
- in K. Bremer, Asteraceae Clad. & Class.: 302 (1994)
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Flora of Tropical East Africa
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