7064.000 Cynoglossum
Description of the genus
Annual, biennial or perennial herbs. Leaves alternate. Inflorescence of scorpioid cymes. Flowers bisexual. Calyx 5-lobed, not or only slightly accrescent. Corolla tube short, cylindric or funnel-shaped, closed with 5 scales at the throat; lobes 5. Ovary of 4 separate lobes. Style gynobasic. Fruit of 4 nutlets; nutlets depressed, glochidiate. Worldwide: c. 75 species in temperate and warm regions, mainly Old World Malawi: 4 taxa. |
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| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| amplifolium Hochst. ex A. DC. | N | Description, Image |
| coeruleum A. DC. subsp. coeruleum | N | |
| coeruleum A. DC. subsp. johnstonii (Baker) Verdc. var. mannii (Baker & C.H. Wright) Verdc. | N,C,S | |
| lanceolatum Forssk. | N,C,S | Description, Image |
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