Garuleum Explained

Garuleum is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae, native to southern Africa.^{[1] [2]} Garuleum is one of eight genera of Calenduleae.

Description

The style of disc florets are deeply bifurcate (forked) with linear lobes. They are covered with papillae to well below point of bifurcation.^[3]

Species

The following species are recognised:^[4]

• Garuleum album S.Moore - Cape Provinces
• Garuleum bipinnatum Less. - Cape Provinces
• Garuleum latifolium Harv. - KwaZulu-Natal
• Garuleum pinnatifidum DC. - Cape Provinces, Free State, Limpopo
• Garuleum schinzii O.Hoffm. ex Schinz - Cape Provinces, Namibia
• Garuleum sonchifolium (DC.) Norl. - KwaZulu-Natal, Cape Provinces
• Garuleum tanacetifolium (MacOwan) Norl. - Cape Provinces
• Garuleum woodii Schinz - KwaZulu-Natal, Free State, Limpopo, Lesotho

Notes and References

1. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4438242#page/182/mode/1up Cassini, Alexandre Henri Gabriel de. 1819. Bulletin des Sciences, par la Societe Philomatique 1819: 172-173.
2. http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40012589 Tropicos, Garuleum Cass.
3. Book: Manning. John. Plants of the Greater Cape Floristic Region : 1: the core Cape flora. Goldblatt. Peter. 2012. South African National Biodiversity Institute, SANBI. 978-1-919976-74-7. Pretoria. 852384288.
4. Web site: Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist search for Garuleum. dead. https://archive.today/20141130063640/http://dixon.iplantcollaborative.org/CompositaeWeb/Default.aspx?Page=NameSearch&searchText=Garuleum&searchField=NameFull. 2014-11-30. 2014-11-28.