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Shrubs or climbers. Leaves alternate, petiolate; lamina entire or serrate. Capitula in ± dense corymbose or subspherical terminal cymes, heterogamous, radiate; ray florets female, 3-4-seriate; disk florets bisexual. Rays white. Achenes narrowly turbinate, slightly 4-ribbed, ± flattened, pubescent. Pappus 1-seriate, of numerous very slender subequal minutely barbellate setae.
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Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Microglossa Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=1477
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Microglossa

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Microglossa: Brief Summary

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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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