Biology:Cymbolaena
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| Kingdom: | Plantae
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| Genus: | Cymbolaena Smoljan
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| Species: | C. griffithii
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| Cymbolaena griffithii (A.Gray) Wagenitz
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Cymbolaena longifolia | |
Cymbolaena is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the aster family, Asteraceae, containing the single species Cymbolaena griffithii. It is native to Asia, where it is distributed from Turkey to Pakistan . It is one of several genera in "the Filago group," and some authors include it within the genus Filago.[1]
This is an annual herb coated with appressed gray hairs. The stem is very short and the branches extend outward, making the plant squat in stature, sometimes forming a patch on the ground. The alternately arranged leaves are linear. The disc-shaped flower heads are clustered in glomerules 1 or 2 centimeters wide. There are layers of tiny woolly phyllaries around the flower head. It contains usually 4 tubular florets each no more than 1.5 millimeters long.[2] Cypselas from bisexual florets have deciduous white pappi, and those from female florets lack pappi.[3]
The genus name Cymbolaena is a partial anagram of Bombycilaena.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Galbany-Casals, M., et al. (2010). How many of Cassini anagrams should there be? Molecular systematics and phylogenetic relationships in the Filago group (Asteraceae, Gnaphalieae), with special focus on the genus Filago. Taxon 59(6), 1671-89.
- ↑ Cymbolaena griffithii. Flora of Pakistan.
- ↑ Abid, R. and M. Qaiser. (2008). Cypsela morphology of some genera in the tribe Gnaphalieae (Asteraceae) from Pakistan. Pak. J. Bot 40(2), 473-85.
Wikidata ☰ Q5199487 entry
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