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Small shrubs or suffrutices. Leaves opposite. Flowers usually in cymes, or solitary and axillary, or in terminal spikes or heads with reduced leaves; bracts and bracteoles sometimes spiny. Calyx 4-partite; segments unequal, leaf-like or membranous, sometimes spiny, the two outer enclosing the inner. Corolla ± actinomorphic, 4-5-lobed or ± 2-lipped, with a tubular base; lobes obovate, sometimes unequal. Stamens 2 or 4, not didynamous. Ovary 2-locular with 2 ovules per loculus. Capsule solid in upper part; seeds flat with hygroscopic hairs. Derivation of name: After Jacques Barrelier (1606-1673), a Dominican monk and French botanist Worldwide: 250 species in the tropics Zambia: 31 taxa. The larvae of the following species of insect eat species of this genus:
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Species | FZ divisions | Provinces | Content |
aenea I. Darbysh. | N | Lp,N | |
ameliae A. Meeuse | N,E,S | Mc,E,S | Description, Image |
boehmii Lindau | N | Mc | |
calophylloides Lindau subsp. calophylloides | N | N | |
capitata Klotzsch | S | S | Description, Image |
crassa C.B. Clarke subsp. crassa | B,N,W,C,S | Nw,Lp,C,S | Description, Image |
crassa C.B. Clarke subsp. mbalensis I. Darbysh. | N | N | |
crassa C.B. Clarke subsp. ramulosoides I. Darbysh. | N,C | Mc,C | |
descampsii Lindau | N,W | Nw,N | Description, Image |
fulvostellata C.B. Clarke subsp. axillaris I. Darbysh. | N,C,E | Mc,E,C | |
glutinosa Champl. | C,E | E,Lk | |
holstii Lindau | N | Lp | Image |
kaessneri S. Moore | W | Cb | |
lugardii C.B.Clarke | Image | ||
mackenii Hook.f. | B,C,S | Lk,S,W | Description, Image |
matopensis S.Moore | S | S | Description, Image |
phaylopsis Milne-Redh. | B,N,W | Nw,N,W | Description, Image |
purpureotincta I. Darbysh. | B,S | S,W | |
rhodesiaca Oberm. | S | S | Image |
richardsiae I. Darbysh. | N | N | |
sceptrum-katanganum Champl. | W | Cb | |
senensis Klotzsch | C,E,S | E,Lk,S | Description, Image |
sp. A | N | Mc | |
sp. B | E | E | |
sp. C | N | N | |
spinulosa Klotzsch subsp. kirkii (T.Anderson) I.Darbysh. | C,S | C,S | Image |
spinulosa Klotzsch subsp. spinulosa | N,W,C,E,S | Cb,Mc,E,Lk,S | Description, Image |
sunzuana Brummitt & Seyani | N | N | |
taitensis S. Moore subsp. rogersii (S.Moore) I.Darbysh. | S | S | |
velutina Champl. | W | Nw | Description, Image |
ventricosa Hochst. ex Nees | Description, Image |
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