7939.000 Dyschoriste Nees

Description of the genus

Suffrutices or small shrubs. Inflorescence of axillary cymes or solitary. Calyx actinomorphic, 5-lobed. Corolla distinctly 2-lipped; upper lip 2-lobed; lower lip 3-lobed. Fertile stamens 4, didynamous. Capsule cylindric. Seeds bearing hygroscopic hairs; seeds 2 per loculus.

Worldwide: 65 species in tropical and warm regions

Zambia: 9 taxa.

The larvae of the following species of insect eat species of this genus:

Zizula hylax (Gaika blue)

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Species	FZ divisions	Provinces	Content
albiflora Lindau	N,C,E,S	N,Mc
hildebrandtii (S. Moore) S. Moore	C,E,S	Lk,S	Description, Image
mutica (S. Moore) C.B. Clarke	W
nagchana (Nees) Bennet	B,W,C,S	Lk	Description, Image
pilifera Hutch.	C,S	Lk
sp. A	N
tanganyikensis C.B. Clarke	N,E
trichocalyx (Oliv.) Lindau subsp. verticillaris (C.B. Clarke) Vollesen	W,E	Nw	Description, Image
zambiana Vollesen	W,C

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Flora of Botswana: Dyschoriste
Flora of Caprivi: cultivated Dyschoriste
Flora of Malawi: Dyschoriste
Flora of Mozambique: Dyschoriste
Flora of Zambia: cultivated Dyschoriste
Flora of Zimbabwe: Dyschoriste
Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Dyschoriste

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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Dyschoriste
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