8075.000 Megaskepasma Lindau

Fayaz, F. (2011) Encyclopedia of Tropical Plants Firefly Books, New Zealand

Description of the genus

Shrub; stems 4-angled. Leaves large, simple, opposite; margins entire to crenulate; base acute; apex rounded. Inflorescence terminal, comprising loosely clustered spikes; peduncles brown; solitary bracts large and colourful. Calyx of 5 equal segments; corolla cylindric, white, abruptly 2-lipped. Stamens 2. Fruit an oblong, glabrous capsule. Seeds 4, flattened.

Worldwide: 1 species in Venezuela

Zambia: 1 cultivated taxon.

Megaskepasma erythrochlamys

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Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Megaskepasma

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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Megaskepasma
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Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Megaskepasma
Plants of the World Online: Megaskepasma
Tropicos: Megaskepasma
Wikipedia: Megaskepasma

Copyright: Mike Bingham, Annette Willemen, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Mark Hyde, 2011-24

Bingham, M.G., Willemen, A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. and Hyde, M.A. (2024). Flora of Zambia: Cultivated plants: genus page: Megaskepasma.
https://www.zambiaflora.com/cult/genus.php?genus_id=1606, retrieved 28 March 2024

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