Asteraceae

Glebionis Cass.

First published in G.-F.Cuvier, Dict. Sci. Nat., ed. 2. 41: 41 (1826)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Canary Islands, N. Africa, Europe to Central Asia and Arabian Peninsula.

Descriptions

Ghazanfar, S. A., Edmondson, J. R. & Hind, D. J. N. (Eds). (2019). Flora of Iraq, Volume 6: Compositae.Kew Publishing

Morphology General Habit
Erect, annual leafy herbs
Morphology Leaves
Leaves alternate, dentate or 1–3-pinnatisect
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Synflorescence
Synflorescences cymose, lax, or reduced to single terminal capitulum
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Capitulum
Capitulum pedunculate, heterogamous, many-flowered, radiate
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Bracts Involucre
Involucre hemispherical; phyllaries 4-seriate, with conspicuous scarious margins
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Receptacle
Receptacle convex, naked
Ray
Ray florets female, fertile, white to yellow; disc-florets bisexual, yellow, tubular, 5-fid
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Achenes dimorphic, those of rays 3-angled, winged laterally, those of disc-florets turbinate or compressed, ribbed, not or slightly angular; pappus absent.
Distribution
Three species in the Mediterranean region and temperate Eurasia.
Etymology
Glebionis (apparently a made-up name, Cassini being rather fond of creating meaningless epithets).
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Sources

  • Flora of Iraq

    • Flora of Somalia
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images

  • World Checklist of Vascular plants (WCVP)

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0