''Glossocardia'' is a
genus of flowering plants in the
daisy family
The family Asteraceae, alternatively Compositae, consists of over 32,000 known species of flowering plants in over 1,900 genera within the order Asterales. Commonly referred to as the aster, daisy, composite, or sunflower family, Compositae w ...
. It is native to
Asia and
Australia
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.
[''Glossocardia''.]
New South Wales Flora Online. National Herbarium, Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney.
These are perennial herbs with large
caudices
A caudex (plural: caudices) of a plant is a stem, but the term is also used to mean a rootstock and particularly a basal stem structure from which new growth arises.pages 456 and 695
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and toothed ray florets.
[
; Species]Glossocardia alorensis
''Glossocardia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the daisy family. It is native to Asia and Australia.[Lesser Sunda Islands
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* ''Glossocardia bidens
''Glossocardia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the daisy family. It is native to Asia and Australia.[Asia; ]Australia
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* ''Glossocardia bosvallia
''Glossocardia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the daisy family. It is native to Asia and Australia.[India
* '']Glossocardia calva
''Glossocardia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the daisy family. It is native to Asia and Australia.[insular Southeast Asia
* '']Glossocardia condorensis
''Glossocardia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the daisy family. It is native to Asia and Australia.[Vietnam
* '']Glossocardia integrifolia
''Glossocardia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the daisy family. It is native to Asia and Australia.[Laos
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* ''Glossocardia josephinae
''Glossocardia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the daisy family. It is native to Asia and Australia.[Lesser Sunda Islands
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