''Calostephane'' is a
genus of flowering plants in the aster family,
Asteraceae.
It is distributed in tropical southern
Africa and
Madagascar.
[''Calostephane''.]
Flora of Zimbabwe.[
These are annual herbs. The alternately arranged, toothed leaves are decurrent, the bases wrapping the stem to form wings. The ]flower heads
A pseudanthium (Greek for "false flower"; ) is an inflorescence that resembles a flower. The word is sometimes used for other structures that are neither a true flower nor a true inflorescence. Examples of pseudanthia include flower heads, compos ...
are solitary or borne in loose panicle
A panicle is a much-branched inflorescence. (softcover ). Some authors distinguish it from a compound spike inflorescence, by requiring that the flowers (and fruit) be pedicellate (having a single stem per flower). The branches of a panicle are of ...
inflorescences. The heads contain yellow disc florets, and some species have yellow ray florets. The fruit has a pappus with an outer row of wide, membranous scales and an inner row of longer, narrower scales.[
; Species][''Calostephane''.]
The Plant List.
References
Asteraceae genera
Inuleae
Flora of Southern Africa
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