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Genus of flowering plants

Bothriocline
Bothriocline aggregata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Cichorioideae
Tribe: Vernonieae
Genus: Bothriocline
Oliv. ex Benth.
Type species
Bothriocline schimperi
Oliv. & Hiern ex Benth.
Synonyms
  • Volkensia O.Hoffm.

Bothriocline is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. They are native to tropical Africa and some islands of the Indian Ocean. They are hairy annual and perennial herbs with purple or mauve flowers.

Species

References

  1. 1918 illustration from Curtis's Botanical Magazine, London., vol. 144 : Tab. 8755
  2. ^ Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
  3. Bentham, George. 1876. Icones plantarum or figures, with brief descriptive characters and remarks, of new or rare plants, selected from the author's herbarium, 12: pages 30-31 descriptions in Latin, commentary in English
  4. Bentham, George. 1876. Icones plantarum or figures, with brief descriptive characters and remarks, of new or rare plants, selected from the author's herbarium, 12: plate 1133 line drawing of Bothriocline schimperi
  5. Tropicos, Bothriocline Oliv. ex Benth.
  6. Hyde, M. A., et al. (2013). Bothriocline. Flora of Zimbabwe.
  7. Bothriocline. The Plant List.
Taxon identifiers
Bothriocline
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