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Hepper, F.N. (1990) Craterostigma Flora Zambesiaca 8(2) 53-56
Leistner, O.A. (ed.) (2000) Seed plants of southern Africa: families and genera Strelitzia 10
Small perennial herbs; roots often red, orange or yellow. Leaves arranged in a basal rosette, usually entire, glabrous above and pubescent beneath; the venation usually palmate. Flowers borne in short pedunculate racemes or (rarely) flowers solitary. Bracts usually opposite. Calyx 5-toothed, accrescent; lobes ± equal. Corolla 2-lipped, 4-5-lobed; tube funnel-shaped; upper lip entire or shortly 2-lobed, hooded; lower lip 3-lobed, longer than the upper. Stamens 4, fertile, didynamous; upper pair included within hood. Nectary absent. Ovary 2-locular; ovules many. Fruit a septicidal capsule. Seeds with thin-walled epidermis. Worldwide: c. 9 species in tropical and southern Africa; also in the Arabian Peninsula, Socotra, India and Madagascar. Malawi: 4 taxa. |
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hirsutum S. Moore | S | Description |
lanceolatum (Engl.) Skan | C,S | Description, Image |
newtonii (Engl.) Eb. Fisch., Schäferh. & Kai Müll. | N,C,S | |
nummulariifolium (D. Don) Eb. Fisch., Schäferh. & Kai Müll. | N,S | Description, Image |
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