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Erigeron L.

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Erigeron L., Sp. Pl. 863-865 (1753)
Erigeron L.

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Exotic
Wild
New Zealand
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L.
L.
1753
863-865
ICN
Erigeron L.
genus
Erigeron

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Erigeron

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Usually annual to perennial herbs, rarely shrubs. Lvs alternate, simple, entire, serrate or pinnatifid. Capitula few to numerous in panicles. Involucral bracts in 2-many rows, imbricate, the outer somewhat herbaceous, the inner mostly chartaceous. Receptacle ± flat; scales 0. Outer florets ♀, filiform or shortly ligulate, numerous, in 2-several rows; ligules white to purple. Inner florets ☿, tubular, fewer than ♀. Achenes all similar, obovoid to cylindric, compressed, hairy, with 0-2 narrow ribs; pappus of scabrid hairs in 1 row, sometimes with a short outer row.

Erigeron L.

Usually annual to perennial herbs, rarely shrubs. Lvs alternate, simple, entire, serrate or lobed. Capitula 1-numerous, solitary or in corymbs or panicles. Involucral bracts in 2-4 rows, imbricate, the outer somewhat herbaceous, the inner mostly chartaceous. Receptacle flat or convex; scales 0. Outer florets ♀, mostly distinctly ligulate, numerous in 1-2 rows, sometimes the inner ♀ florets filiform; ligules white to pink, blue or purple. Inner florets ☿, tubular, numerous. Achenes usually all similar, sometimes dimorphic, obovoid, compressed, hairy, sometimes with 1-4 narrow ribs; pappus usually of scabrid hairs in 1 row, sometimes with a short outer row of scales or hairs and then rarely the long hairs lacking on ray achenes.

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Erigeron L.
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Erigeron L.
Chile
Erigeron L.
Nepal
Erigeron L.
New Zealand
Erigeron L.
New Zealand
Hawke's Bay Land District
Erigeron L.
New Zealand
Otago Land District
Erigeron L.
Norway
Erigeron L.
Switzerland
Erigeron L.
United Kingdom

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In studies by Noyes 2000 and Nesom 2008, Conyza, as traditionally circumscribed, was found to be nested within Erigeron and to be para- and/or polyphyletic. There is no full alternate taxonomy provided. Noyes doesn't make taxonomic suggestions or provides a synonymy.

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1 January 2000
13 August 2008
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