Asteraceae

Euryops (Cass.) Cass.

First published in G.-F.Cuvier, Dict. Sci. Nat., ed. 2. 16: 49 (1820)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is NE. & E. Tropical Africa, S. Africa, Arabian Peninsula.

Descriptions

Compositae, H. Beentje, C. Jeffrey & D.J.N. Hind. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 2005

Morphology General Habit
Shrubs, rarely herbs
Morphology Leaves
Leaves alternate or rarely rosulate
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Capitulum
Capitula solitary, usually radiate; involucre without a calyculus; phyllaries usually connate
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Florets
Ray and disc florets yellow; style branches truncate or obtuse
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Achenes ribbed or smooth; pappus of many bristles or occasionally absent.
[FTEA]

M. Thulin et al. Flora of Somalia, Vol. 1-4 [updated 2008] https://plants.jstor.org/collection/FLOS

Morphology General Habit
Shrubs, shrublets, or rarely herbs
Morphology Leaves
Leaves entire to serrate-dentate or pinnatifid
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Capitula lateral or pseudoterminal on unbranched peduncles, radiate or rarely discoid; phyllaries mostly uniseriate, connate at least below; calyculus absent; receptacle without paleae
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Florets
Ray florets yellow, female
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Disc
Disk florets yellow, tubular-campanulate, usually 5-lobed; style branches truncate to obtuse, papillose
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Achenes ellipsoid, ribbed or smooth, glabrous or pubescent; pappus of many slender barbellate and deciduous bristles.
Distribution
Genus of about a hundred species mainly in southern Africa, but some in eastern and north-eastern tropical Africa, and on Socotra and in southern Arabia.
[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

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 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 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0