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Mitracarpus
Bridson, D.M. & Verdcourt, B. (2003) Rubiaceae, Part 3 Flora Zambesiaca 5(3)
Description of the genus
Erect or prostrate annual or perennial herbs with 4-angled stems. Stipules connate with the petioles to form a sheath. Leaves opposite; lamina linear-lanceolate to ovate or broadly elliptic. Inflorescence dense spherical sessile terminal or axillary heads. Calyx tube obconic, obovoid or subglobose; teeth 4–5, 2 often longer; corolla salver-shaped or funnel-shaped, lobes 4. Fruit a thin circumscissile capsule, the upper part splitting off together with the calyx lobes, the septum persistent. Seeds oblong or globose, endosperm fleshy. Worldwide: 30-40 species mostly in South America. Malawi: 1 taxon. |
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Links to taxa: View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this genus
| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| hirtus (L.) DC. | N | Description, Image |
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Flora of Caprivi: cultivated MitracarpusFlora of Zambia: Mitracarpus
External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): MitracarpusBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Mitracarpus
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Mitracarpus
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Mitracarpus
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iNaturalist: Mitracarpus
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Mitracarpus
JSTOR Plant Science: Mitracarpus
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Mitracarpus
Plants of the World Online: Mitracarpus
Tropicos: Mitracarpus
Wikipedia: Mitracarpus
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