''Gossweilera'' is a
genus
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of
Africa
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n 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 ...
.
[Moore, Spencer Le Marchant. 1908. Journal of Botany, British and Foreign 46: 291]
descriptions in Latin, commentary and habitat information in English
The genus is named for the Swiss-born Angolan botanist,
John Gossweiler (1873-1952), who collected the type specimen of ''
G. lanceolata.''
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Species
, Plants of the World Online
Plants of the World Online (POWO) is an online taxonomic database published by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
History
Following the Convention on Biological Diversity, the Royal Botanic Gardens in Kew launched Plants of the World Online i ...
accepted two species:
References
Vernonieae
Asteraceae genera
Flora of Angola
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