Bothriocline

Genus of flowering plants

Bothriocline
Bothriocline aggregata[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Cichorioideae
Tribe: Vernonieae
Genus: Bothriocline
Oliv. ex Benth.
Type species
Bothriocline schimperi
Oliv. & Hiern ex Benth.
Synonyms[2]
  • Volkensia O.Hoffm.

Bothriocline is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae.[3][4][5] They are native to tropical Africa and some islands of the Indian Ocean.[2] They are hairy annual and perennial herbs with purple or mauve flowers.[6]

Species[7]
  • Bothriocline aggregata
  • Bothriocline amphicoma
  • Bothriocline amplifolia
  • Bothriocline angolensis
  • Bothriocline argentea
  • Bothriocline atroviolacea
  • Bothriocline attenuata
  • Bothriocline auriculata
  • Bothriocline bagshawei
  • Bothriocline bampsii
  • Bothriocline carrissoi
  • Bothriocline concinna
  • Bothriocline congesta
  • Bothriocline cuneifolia
  • Bothriocline emilioides
  • Bothriocline ethulioides
  • Bothriocline fusca
  • Bothriocline glabrescens
  • Bothriocline globosa
  • Bothriocline glomerata
  • Bothriocline grandicapitulata
  • Bothriocline grindeliifolia
  • Bothriocline hispida
  • Bothriocline hoyoensis
  • Bothriocline huillensis
  • Bothriocline imatongensis
  • Bothriocline inyangana
  • Bothriocline ituriensis
  • Bothriocline katangensis
  • Bothriocline kundelungensis
  • Bothriocline kungwensis
  • Bothriocline laxa
  • Bothriocline leonardiana
  • Bothriocline longipes
  • Bothriocline madagascariensis
  • Bothriocline malaissei
  • Bothriocline marungensis
  • Bothriocline mbalensis
  • Bothriocline microcephala
  • Bothriocline milanjiensis
  • Bothriocline monocephala
  • Bothriocline monticola
  • Bothriocline moramballae
  • Bothriocline muschlerana
  • Bothriocline nyiruensis
  • Bothriocline nyungwensis
  • Bothriocline pauciseta
  • Bothriocline pauwelsii
  • Bothriocline pectinata
  • Bothriocline quercifolia
  • Bothriocline ripensis
  • Bothriocline ruwenzoriensis
  • Bothriocline schimperi
  • Bothriocline sengensis
  • Bothriocline shagayuensis
  • Bothriocline steetziana
  • Bothriocline subcordata
  • Bothriocline trifoliata
  • Bothriocline ugandensis
  • Bothriocline upembensis
  • Bothriocline virungae
  • Bothriocline wittei

References

  1. ^ 1918 illustration from Curtis's Botanical Magazine, London., vol. 144 [= ser. 4, vol. 14]: Tab. 8755
  2. ^ a b Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
  3. ^ Bentham, George. 1876. Icones plantarum or figures, with brief descriptive characters and remarks, of new or rare plants, selected from the author's herbarium, 12: pages 30-31 descriptions in Latin, commentary in English
  4. ^ Bentham, George. 1876. Icones plantarum or figures, with brief descriptive characters and remarks, of new or rare plants, selected from the author's herbarium, 12: plate 1133 line drawing of Bothriocline schimperi
  5. ^ Tropicos, Bothriocline Oliv. ex Benth.
  6. ^ Hyde, M. A., et al. (2013). Bothriocline. Flora of Zimbabwe.
  7. ^ Bothriocline. The Plant List.
Taxon identifiers
Bothriocline