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7264.000 Leonotis
Description of the genus
Annual or perennial herbs or shrubs to 5 m. Inflorescence composed of 3-11 whorls per shoot, each whorl dense, spherical, axillary, many-flowered; bracts leaf-like; bracteoles linear, spine-tipped. Calyx 8-10-toothed; teeth usually rigid, spine-tipped. Corolla tubular, 2-lipped, white, covered with orange hairs (rarely white); tube with 1-3 transverse fringes of hairs inside; upper lip entire; lower lip 3-lobed. Stamens 4. Nutlets glabrous. Worldwide: 9 species in tropical Africa, with 1, L. nepetifolia, extending to America and Asia Zambia: 10 taxa. |
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| Species | FZ divisions | Provinces | Content |
| decadonta Gürke var. decadonta | E | Nw,Mc | Description, Image |
| decadonta Gürke var. vestita (Briq.) Iwarsson & Y.B.Harv. | N,W | Cb,N | |
| grandis Iwarsson & Y.B.Harv. | E | E | |
| myricifolia Iwarsson & Y.B.Harv. [NrEnd] | E | Mc | Description, Image |
| myrothamnifolia Iwarsson & Y.B.Harv. | N | Mc | |
| nepetifolia (L.) W.T. Aiton var. nepetifolia | B,N,W,C,E,S | Nw,E,C,Lk,S | Description, Image |
| nepetifolia (L.) R.Br. var. africana (P.Beauv.) J.K.Morton | W | Nw | |
| ocymifolia (Burm. f.) Iwarsson var. ocymifolia | E | E | Description, Image |
| ocymifolia (Burm. f.) Iwarsson var. raineriana (Vis.) Iwarsson | N,W,C,E,S | Cb,N,Mc,E,Lk,S | Description, Image |
| pole-evansii Hutch. | N,C | N,Mc,C |
Other sources of information about Leonotis:
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Flora of Botswana: LeonotisFlora of Caprivi: Leonotis
Flora of Caprivi: cultivated Leonotis
Flora of Malawi: Leonotis
Flora of Mozambique: Leonotis
Flora of Zimbabwe: Leonotis
Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Leonotis
External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): LeonotisBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Leonotis
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Leonotis
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Leonotis
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Leonotis
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Leonotis
JSTOR Plant Science: Leonotis
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Leonotis
Plants of the World Online: Leonotis
Tropicos: Leonotis
Wikipedia: Leonotis
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