8082.000 Brachystephanus Nees

OREACANTHUS Benth.

Description of the genus

Herbs, subshrubs or shrubs. Inflorescence a spike (in ours); terminal or axillary. Sepals 5, linear. Corolla 2-lipped; tube very long and slender; lobes subequal. Fertile stamens 2, long-exserted; anthers 1-thecous; staminodes 0. Ovary and style base glabrous; style capitate. Seeds without hygroscopic hairs.

Worldwide: 10 species in tropical Africa and Madagascar

Zambia: 3 taxa.

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Species	FZ divisions	Content
calostachyus Champl.	N
coeruleus S. Moore subsp. apiculatus Champl.	N
montifuga (Milne-Redh.) Champl.	N,W

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