Asteraceae

Volutaria Cass.

First published in Bull. Sci. Soc. Philom. Paris 1816: 200 (1816)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Canary Is, W. & S. Medit. to Sahel and Tanzania, Arabian Peninsula to Iran.

Descriptions

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.
[FTEA]

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.
[FSOM]

Sources

  • Flora of Somalia

    • Flora of Somalia
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2022 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2022 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0