Citation: Ehrh., Beitr. Naturk. 3:137 (1788).

Derivation: After Le Francq van Berkhey, 1729-1812, Dutch botanist.

Synonymy: Stobaea Thunb., Prod. Pl. Cap. 141 (1800).

Common name: None

Description:
Thistle-like perennial herbs or shrubs; leaves radical or cauline, alternate, flat, dentate to pinnatisect with spiny teeth.

Capitula in terminal particles, homogamous or heterogamous; involucres cup-shaped; bracts partially connate, spiny, herbaceous, multisetlate; receptacle flat, scaly; ray florets sterile or absent; disk florets bisexual, fertile, tubular; anthers sagittate at the base, obtuse at the apex; style branches linear, obtuse.

Achenes obovoid, ribbed, glabrous or hairy; pappus of uniseriate scales.

Distribution:  72 species in southern and tropical Africa. (H. Roessler (1959) Mitt. Bot. München 3:104-270).

Biology: No text

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