岩生千里光组 yan sheng qian li guang zu

Madaractis Candolle, Prodr. 6: 439. 1838.

Herbs, perennial, erect, rhizomatous, with leafy stems. Leaves pinnately veined. Capitula radiate, erect. Anthers obtuse-auriculate; antheropodia rather slender, basally somewhat dilated. Achene epidermal cells not papillose, cuticle thin; mechanical tissue in 5 somewhat distant tracts, bi-allantoid (shaped like 2 sausages joined) in cross section. Pappus absent from ray florets.

About 12 species: S and SE Asia; one species in China.

One of us (Nordenstam) recognizes the species of this section as the genus Madaractis.

Lower Taxon

• Senecio wightii (Candolle) Bentham ex C. B. Clarke