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Microglossa

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Microglossa is a genus of Asian and African flowering plants in the tribe Astereae within the family Asteraceae.

Species

Genus

  1. PhylumTracheophyta
  2. ClassMagnoliopsida
  3. OrderAsterales
  4. FamilyCompositae
Native toAngola, Assam, Bangladesh, Benin, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Central African Republic, Chad, China South-Central, China Southeast

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
78
With media
75
Family
Asteraceae
Collections
A, MNHN, MO, BPBM
Recorded in
Hong Kong, Papua New Guinea, Malaysia/Sabah, Madagascar, South Africa, ZaïRe, Congo (Kinshasa), Afrique Australe

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Encyclopedic overview

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Microglossa is a genus of Asian and African flowering plants in the tribe Astereae within the family Asteraceae. Species Microglossa afzelii O.Hoffm. - central Africa Microglossa caffrorum (Less.) Grau - South Africa Microglossa caudata O.Hoffm. & Muschl. - tropical Africa Microglossa densiflora Hook.f. - central Africa Microglossa longiradiata Wild - South Africa Microglossa mespilifolia (Less.) B.L.Rob. - South Africa Microglossa oehleri Muschl. Microglossa pyrifolia (Lam.) Kuntze - Africa, Madagascar, China, India, Southeast Asia Microglossa zeylanica (Arn.) Benth. & Hook.f. - Sri Lanka formerly included several species once included in Microglossa, now considered better suited to other genera: Aster Conyza Psiadia

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Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Microglossa” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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