9405.030 Solanecio (Sch. Bip.) Walp.

Description of the genus

Climber, shrub or small tree. Leaves dentate to pinnatifid, sometimes succulent. Capitula discoid, calyculate, borne in paniculate-corymbose inflorescences. Florets yellow. Receptacle without scales. Style arm apices truncate, with a central tuft of fused papillae. Ovary cell walls with compound drusiform crystals. Achenes ribbed. Pappus of many fine bristles.

Worldwide: c. 16 species in tropical Africa, Madagascar and Yemen.

Burundi: 3 taxa.

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Species	FZ divisions	Content
angulatus (Vahl) C. Jeffrey		Description, Image
cydoniifolius (O. Hoffm.) C. Jeffrey
mannii (Hook. f.) C. Jeffrey		Description, Image

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