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Genus: Disparago

Life > eukaryotes > Archaeoplastida > Chloroplastida > Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants) > Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants) > Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering plants) > Eudicotyledons > Core Eudicots > Asterids > Euasterid II > Family: Asteraceae > Tribe: Gnaphalieae

There are nine species, all endemic to southern Africa.  

Species native to southern Africa

List from Plants of southern Africa - an online checklist (SANBI).

Disparago anomala

See Southern Overberg wild flowers by Penny Mustart et al. p. 236.

Disparago barbata

 

Disparago ericoides

 

Disparago gongylodes

 

Disparago kolbei

 

Disparago kraussii

 

Disparago laxifolia

 

Disparago pilosa

 

Disparago tortilis 

See Eastern Cape wild flowers by John Manning, Auriol Batten & Hertha Bokelmann p. 276.

Publications

  • Koekemoer, M. 1993. Synopsis of the genus Disparago (Asteraceae). Bothalia 23,2: 197-206.

  • Levyns, M.R. 1936. A revision of Disparago Gaertn. Journal of South African Botany 2: 95-103.