Asteraceae

Lapsana L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 811 (1753)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Macaronesia, NW. Africa, Europe to Siberia and W. Himalaya.

Descriptions

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

Morphology General Habit
Annual, biennial or perennial herbs with alternate leaves, glabrous or clothed with whitish eglandular hairs and/or glandular hairs
Morphology Leaves
Leaves simple to lyrate-pinnatisect, ± toothed or upper entire
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Inflorescence of small capitula in panicles or corymbs, capitula rather few- flowered, homogamous, ligulate; involucre obconical to cylindrical-campanulate; phyllaries biseriate, inner long, outer small and short; receptacle naked
Ray
Rays yellow
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Achenes ± compressed to subterete from outer to inner, finely ribbed, soon falling; pappus absent.
Distribution
Monotypic; N temperate region of the Old World.
Etymology
Lapsana (from the Gr. λαψανα, lapsana, otherwise λαμψανα, lampsana, a name given to an edible herb in Dioscorides).
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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

  • 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