8359.010 Fadogia Schweinf.

Description of the genus

Perennial herbs or subshrubs, usually with several stems from a woody rootstock. Leaves in whorls of 3-5(-6) or opposite, shortly petiolate (in ours). Inflorescences axillary, few-flowered. Calyx tube campanulate or subspherical. Corolla tube usually cylindric; lobes 5(-9). Ovary 3-4(-9)-locular. Fruit glabrous, containing 1-3(-9) pyrenes.

Worldwide: 40-50 species in tropical Africa

Malawi: 9 taxa.

Fadogia triphylla var. triphylla

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SpeciesFZ divisionsContent
ancylantha Schweinf.N,C,SDescription, Image
arenicola K.Schum. & K.Krause N
cienkowskii Schweinf. var. cienkowskii N,CDescription, Image
elskensii De Wild. var. elskensii N,S
fuchsioides Welw. ex Oliv. SDescription, Image
homblei De Wild.N,CDescription, Image
stenophylla Hiern subsp. odorata (K. Krause) Verdc.N,C,SDescription, Image
triphylla Baker var. triphylla N,SDescription, Image
triphylla Baker var. georgii (De Wild.) Verdc. SDescription

Other sources of information about Fadogia:

Our websites:

Flora of Caprivi: Fadogia
Flora of Mozambique: Fadogia
Flora of Zambia: Fadogia
Flora of Zimbabwe: Fadogia

External websites:

ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Fadogia
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Fadogia
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Fadogia
Wikipedia: Fadogia
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Fadogia
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Fadogia

Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2014-23

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2023). Flora of Malawi: Genus page: Fadogia.
https://www.malawiflora.com/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=1407, retrieved 21 March 2023

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