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

Zambia: 22 taxa.

Fadogia triphylla var. triphylla

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SpeciesFZ divisionsProvincesContent
ancylantha Schweinf.N,W,C,E,SCb,N,E,C,Lk,SDescription, Image
arenicola K.Schum. & K.Krause N,W,CCb,N,C
chlorantha K.Schum. var. chlorantha [VU]WNw
chlorantha K.Schum. var. thamnus (K.Schum.) Verdc. B,SS,W
cienkowskii Schweinf. var. cienkowskii B,N,W,C,SNw,Cb,N,C,Lk,S,WDescription, Image
fuchsioides Welw. ex Oliv. N,W,CNw,Cb,N,LkDescription, Image
gossweileri Robyns [DD]B,WNw,WDescription, Image
homblei De Wild.B,N,W,C,SNw,Cb,Mc,C,Lk,SDescription, Image
luangwae Verdc. [End][DD]NNDescription
schmitzii Verdc. [VU]WNw
stenophylla Hiern subsp. odorata (K. Krause) Verdc.B,N,W,ECb,N,Mc,WDescription, Image
tetraquetra K. Krause var. tetraquetra NNDescription, Image
tetraquetra K. Krause var. grandiflora (Robyns) Verdc.N,CLp,CDescription, Image
tomentosa De Wild. var. calvescens (Verdc.) Verdc. [LR-lc]B,W,SNw,W
tomentosa De Wild. var. flaviflora (Robyns) Verdc. [DD]BNw
tomentosa De Wild. var. tomentosa WNwImage
triphylla Baker var. triphylla N,W,CNw,Cb,N,C,LkDescription, Image
triphylla Baker var. georgii (De Wild.) Verdc. N,W,CCb,N,C,SDescription, Image
triphylla Baker var. gracilifolia Verdc. [LR-lc]NNDescription
triphylla Baker var. pubicaulis Verdc. [DD]N,W,CNw,Mc,LkDescription
variifolia Robyns [VU]WNw
verdickii De Wild. & T.Durand[LR-nt]N,WCb,Lp,NDescription, Image

Other sources of information about Fadogia:

Our websites:

Flora of Caprivi: Fadogia
Flora of Caprivi: cultivated Fadogia
Flora of Malawi: Fadogia
Flora of Mozambique: Fadogia
Flora of Zimbabwe: Fadogia

External websites:

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Fadogia
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Fadogia
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Fadogia
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Fadogia
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Fadogia
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Fadogia
JSTOR Plant Science: Fadogia
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Fadogia
Plants of the World Online: Fadogia
Tropicos: Fadogia
Wikipedia: Fadogia

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: Genus page: Fadogia.
https://www.zambiaflora.com/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=1407, retrieved 29 March 2024

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