7213.000 Tinnea Kotschy & Peyr.

Description of the genus

Perennial herbs, suffrutices or shrubs. Young branches, undersides of leaves and corollas with sessile glands. Leaves often held in a V and reflexed; margin entire. Calyx 2-lipped with 2 entire, broadly rounded lips, enlarging in fruit. Corolla with a 3-lobed lower lip and 2-lobed upper lip, dark reddish-brown to blackish-purple. Stamens 4, normally exserted. Style 2-lobed. Nutlets with a well-developed wing on the dorsal side.

Worldwide: 19 species in tropical Africa

Zambia: 9 taxa.

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Species	FZ divisions	Provinces	Content
aethiopica Kotschy ex Hook. f. subsp. stolzii (Robyns & Lebrun) Vollesen[LR-lc]	N	N
antiscorbutica Welw. [LR-nt]	W	Nw	Image
apiculata Robyns & Lebrun [LR-lc]	N	N
coerulea Gürke var. coerulea [LR-lc]	N	Lp,N
coerulea Gürke var. linearifolia (Bamps) Vollesen	B,W	Nw
gracilis Gürke [LR-lc]	N,W,C	Cb,N,C
rhodesiana S. Moore[LR-lc]	C,S	N,S	Description, Image
vestita Baker[LR-lc]	B,W,C,S	Nw,Cb,C,Lk,S,W
zambesiaca Baker[LR-lc]	N,E,S	Nw,Cb,N,E,Lk,S	Description, Image

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Flora of Botswana: Tinnea
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Flora of Caprivi: cultivated Tinnea
Flora of Malawi: Tinnea
Flora of Mozambique: Tinnea
Flora of Zimbabwe: Tinnea

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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Tinnea
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Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Tinnea
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