7605.000 Gerardiina Engl.

Philcox, D. (1990) Scrophulariaceae Flora Zambesiaca 8(2)

Description of the genus

Annual or perennial herbs, erect. Stems simple. Leaves opposite, entire. Inflorescence racemose. Flowers opposite, bracteate, pedicellate. Calyx 5-lobed, campanulate, lobes subequal, shorter than tube. Corolla campanulate, oblique, narrow at base, dilated above, 5-lobed; lobes subequal, rounded. Fruit a capsule ovoid, equalling to somewhat longer than calyx. Seeds numerous, narrowly cylindric usually tapering.

Worldwide: One species in tropical Africa.

Zambia: 1 taxon.

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Species	FZ divisions	Content
angolensis Engl.	N,W,C	Description, Image

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Flora of Burundi: Gerardiina
Flora of Malawi: Gerardiina
Flora of Mozambique: Gerardiina
Flora of Zimbabwe: Gerardiina

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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Gerardiina
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IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Gerardiina
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Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Gerardiina
Plants of the World Online: Gerardiina
Tropicos: Gerardiina
Wikipedia: Gerardiina

Copyright: Mike Bingham, Annette Willemen, Nicholas Wightman, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Mark Hyde, 2011-25

Bingham, M.G., Willemen, A., Wightman, N., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. and Hyde, M.A. (2025). Flora of Zambia: Genus page: Gerardiina.
https://www.zambiaflora.com/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=1290, retrieved 24 April 2025

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