Chrysanthemoides

Fabricius

Enum., 79. 1759.

Etymology: Generic name Chrysanthemum and Latin -oides, resembling
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 19. Treatment on page 379. Mentioned on page 12, 30.
 TaxonIllustrator 
FNA19 P41 Chrysanthemoides monifera.jpegChrysanthemoides monilifera
Dimorphotheca sinuata
Calendula officinalis
Osteospermum ecklonis
Yevonn Wilson-Ramsey
Yevonn Wilson-Ramsey
Yevonn Wilson-Ramsey
Yevonn Wilson-Ramsey

Shrubs or trees (evergreen), 50–300+ cm. Stems erect, glabrous or ± tomentose [spiny]. Leaves ± petiolate; blades ovate or elliptic to orbiculate, obovate, or oblanceolate, margins usually denticulate, sometimes entire, faces usually ± arachnose and glabrate, sometimes woolly or glabrous. Heads borne singly or in loose, corymbiform arrays. Involucres ± hemispheric or broader, 9–12+ mm diam. Phyllaries 12–24+ in 2–3 series, deltate or lanceolate to ovate, oblong, or linear. Receptacles flat to convex. Ray-florets 5–13 in 1 series; corollas yellow, laminae ± ovate to elliptic or linear. Disc-florets 30–80+, functionally staminate; corollas yellow, tubes (± pilosulous) shorter than ± campanulate throats. Cypselae ± globose, fleshy (blue-black, becoming brown, drupelike). x = 10.

Distribution

Introduced; e tropical Africa, South Africa

Discussion

Species 2 (1 in the flora).

Selected References

None.

"broader" is not a number.

... more about "Chrysanthemoides"
rounded;truncate +
scarious +
ovate +  and deltate +
penicillate +
indeterminate +  and determinate +
John L. Strother +
Fabricius +
decurrent +
compound +  and simple +
elliptic;orbiculate obovate or oblanceolate +
tuberculate +
discernible +
zygomorphic +, actinomorphic +  and (3-)5-merous +
fertile +  and bisexual +
e tropical Africa +  and South Africa +
Generic name Chrysanthemum and Latin -oides, resembling +
glabrous +, woolly +, glabrate +  and arachnose +
pistillate +, staminate +  and neuter +
winged +  and beaked +
dispersed +
in loose , corymbiform arrays +  and singly +
indeterminate +
heterogamous +
each +  and sessile +
0.9 cm9 mm <br />0.009 m <br /> (1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br />) +
hemispheric +
linear +  and elliptic +
opposite +  and alternate +
deltate +
denticulate +
2-carpellate +
12 +  and 24 +
bearing subulate enations +, hairy +  and bristly +
flat;convex +
exalbuminous +
tomentose +  and glabrous +
appendaged +  and truncate +
papillate +
Compositae +
Chrysanthemoides +
Asteraceae tribe Calenduleae +
campanulate +
perennial +  and annual +
tree +  and shrub +