''Garuleum'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family

Asteraceae Asteraceae () is a large family (biology), family of flowering plants that consists of over 32,000 known species in over 1,900 genera within the Order (biology), order Asterales. The number of species in Asteraceae is rivaled only by the Orchi ...

, native to southern

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. ''Garuleum'' is one of eight genera of

Calenduleae Calenduleae is a flowering plant tribe of the family Asteraceae. Calenduleae has been widely recognized since Alexandre de Cassini in the early 19th century. There are eight genera and over 110 species, mostly found in South Africa. It is a rela ...

Description

The style of disc florets are deeply bifurcate (forked) with linear lobes. They are covered with papillae to well below point of bifurcation.

Species

The following species are recognised: * '' Garuleum album'' S.Moore -

Cape Provinces The Cape Provinces of South Africa is a biogeographical area used in the World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD). It is part of the WGSRPD region 27 Southern Africa. The area has the code "CPP". It includes the Sou ...

* '' Garuleum bipinnatum'' Less. - Cape Provinces * '' Garuleum latifolium'' Harv. -

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* '' Garuleum pinnatifidum'' DC. - Cape Provinces, Free State,

Limpopo Limpopo () is the northernmost Provinces of South Africa, province of South Africa. It is named after the Limpopo River, which forms the province's western and northern borders. The term Limpopo is derived from Rivombo (Livombo/Lebombo), a ...

* '' Garuleum schinzii'' O.Hoffm. ex Schinz - Cape Provinces,

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* '' Garuleum sonchifolium'' (DC.) Norl. -

, Cape Provinces * '' Garuleum tanacetifolium'' (MacOwan) Norl. - Cape Provinces * '' Garuleum woodii'' Schinz - KwaZulu-Natal, Free State,

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References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q5524493 Calenduleae Asteraceae genera Flora of Southern Africa