6503.000 Chironia L.
Boutique, R. (1972)
Gentianaceae Flore d'Afrique Centrale (Zaire - Rwanda - Burundi) Jardin Botanique National de Belgique
Description of the genus
Annual or perennial herbs. Leaves cauline and in a basal rosette (often not persisting). Flowers 5-merous in a lax few-many flowered cyme. Calyx 5-lobed, without basal glands; lobes sometimes winged. Corolla tube 5-lobed. Ovary 1-locular. Stigma ± capitate or 2-lobed. Capsule septicidally 2-valved. Worldwide: c. 15 species in subsaharan Africa and Madagascar Malawi: 2 taxa. |
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| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| krebsii Griseb. | S | Description, Image |
| laxiflora Baker | N,C,S | |
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