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7264.000 Leonotis
Description of the genus
Annual or perennial herbs or shrubs to 5 m. Inflorescence composed of 3-11 whorls per shoot, each whorl dense, spherical, axillary, many-flowered; bracts leaf-like; bracteoles linear, spine-tipped. Calyx 8-10-toothed; teeth usually rigid, spine-tipped. Corolla tubular, 2-lipped, white, covered with orange hairs (rarely white); tube with 1-3 transverse fringes of hairs inside; upper lip entire; lower lip 3-lobed. Stamens 4. Nutlets glabrous. Worldwide: 9 species in tropical Africa, with 1, L. nepetifolia, extending to America and Asia Malawi: 9 taxa. |
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| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| decadonta Gürke var. decadonta | N,C,S | Description, Image |
| decadonta Gürke var. vestita (Briq.) Iwarsson & Y.B.Harv. | N,C | |
| grandis Iwarsson & Y.B.Harv. | N | |
| myricifolia Iwarsson & Y.B.Harv. [NrEnd] | N | Description, Image |
| myrothamnifolia Iwarsson & Y.B.Harv. | N | |
| nepetifolia (L.) W.T. Aiton var. nepetifolia | N,C,S | Description, Image |
| nepetifolia (L.) R.Br. var. africana (P.Beauv.) J.K.Morton | N | |
| ocymifolia (Burm. f.) Iwarsson var. ocymifolia | N,C | Description, Image |
| ocymifolia (Burm. f.) Iwarsson var. raineriana (Vis.) Iwarsson | N,C,S | Description, Image |
Other sources of information about Leonotis:
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Flora of Botswana: LeonotisFlora of Caprivi: Leonotis
Flora of Caprivi: cultivated Leonotis
Flora of Mozambique: Leonotis
Flora of Zambia: Leonotis
Flora of Zimbabwe: Leonotis
Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Leonotis
External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): LeonotisBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Leonotis
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Leonotis
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Leonotis
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Leonotis
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Leonotis
JSTOR Plant Science: Leonotis
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Leonotis
Plants of the World Online: Leonotis
Tropicos: Leonotis
Wikipedia: Leonotis
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