- Family:
- Asteraceae Bercht. & J.Presl
Volutaria Cass.

[FTEA]
Compositae, H. Beentje, C. Jeffrey & D.J.N. Hind. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 2005
- Morphology General Habit
- Annual herbs
- Morphology Leaves
- Leaves alternate
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Capitulum
- Capitula heterogamous, radiant; outer florets neuter, central florets perfect; anthers with flattened tails; style with puberulous, slightly flattened arms, with a hairy ring at their base
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Achenes pilose, many-ribbed and rugulose between the ribs, with an apical rim; pappus of linear to lanceolate scales, persistent.
[FSOM]
M. Thulin. Flora of Somalia, Vol. 1–4 [updated 2008] https://plants.jstor.org/collection/FLOS
- Distribution
- Sixteen species in southern Europe, northern and eastern Africa and south-western Asia.
- Morphology General Habit
- Annual herbs
- Morphology Leaves
- Leaves alternate
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Capitulum
- Capitula heterogamous, the outer florets neuter and radiate, the inner florets bisexual-Florets with style with puberulous, flattened branches with a hairy ring at the base
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Achenes many-ribbed, rugulose between the ribs, with an apical rim; pappus of linear to lanceolate scales, persistent.
Native to:
Algeria, Canary Is., Chad, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gulf States, Iran, Kenya, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Portugal, Saudi Arabia, Sinai, Socotra, Somalia, Spain, Sudan, Tanzania, Tunisia, Western Sahara, Yemen
Introduced into:
California, France, Poland, Sicilia
- Volutaria abyssinica (A.Rich.) C.Jeffrey
- Volutaria albicaulis (Deflers) Wagenitz
- Volutaria belouini (Humbert) Maire
- Volutaria bollei (Sch.Bip. ex Bolle) A.Hansen & G.Kunkel
- Volutaria boranensis (Cufod.) Wagenitz
- Volutaria canariensis Wagenitz
- Volutaria crupinoides (Desf.) Maire
- Volutaria dhofarica Wagenitz
- Volutaria djiboutensis Wagenitz
- Volutaria lippii Cass.
- Volutaria maroccana (Barratte & Murb.) Maire
- Volutaria muricata (L.) Maire
- Volutaria saharae (L.Chevall.) Wagenitz
- Volutaria sinaica (DC.) Wagenitz
- Volutaria socotrensis Wagenitz
- Volutaria tubuliflora (Murb.) Sennen
Volutaria Cass. appears in other Kew resources:
First published in Bull. Sci. Soc. Philom. Paris 1816: 200 (1816)
Accepted by
- Roskov Y. & al. (eds.) (2018). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands.
Literature
Flora of Somalia
- Flora Somalia, (2000) Author: by H. Beentje [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
Flora of Tropical East Africa
- K. Bremer, Asteraceae Clad. & Class.: 156 (1994)
- in Bull. Soc. Philom. Paris 1816: 200 (1816)
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Flora of Somalia
Flora of Somalia
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Flora of Tropical East Africa
Flora of Tropical East Africa
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Kew Backbone Distributions
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