8359.010 Fadogia Schweinf.

Description of the genus

Perennial herbs or subshrubs, usually with several stems from a woody rootstock. Leaves in whorls of 3-5(-6) or opposite, shortly petiolate (in ours). Inflorescences axillary, few-flowered. Calyx tube campanulate or subspherical. Corolla tube usually cylindric; lobes 5(-9). Ovary 3-4(-9)-locular. Fruit glabrous, containing 1-3(-9) pyrenes.

Worldwide: 40-50 species in tropical Africa

Zambia: 22 taxa.

Fadogia triphylla var. triphylla

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SpeciesFZ divisionsContent
ancylantha Schweinf.N,W,C,E,SDescription, Image
arenicola K.Schum. & K.Krause N,W,C
chlorantha K.Schum. var. thamnus (K.Schum.) Verdc. B,S
chlorantha K.Schum. var. chlorantha [VU]W
cienkowskii Schweinf. var. cienkowskii B,N,W,C,SDescription, Image
fuchsioides Welw. ex Oliv. N,W,CDescription, Image
gossweileri Robyns [DD]B,WDescription, Image
homblei De Wild.B,N,W,C,SDescription, Image
luangwae Verdc. [End][DD]NDescription
schmitzii Verdc. [VU]W
stenophylla Hiern subsp. odorata (K. Krause) Verdc.B,N,W,EDescription, Image
tetraquetra K. Krause var. grandiflora (Robyns) Verdc.N,CDescription, Image
tetraquetra K. Krause var. tetraquetra NDescription, Image
tomentosa De Wild. var. calvescens (Verdc.) Verdc. [LR-lc]B,W,S
tomentosa De Wild. var. flaviflora (Robyns) Verdc. [DD]B
tomentosa De Wild. var. tomentosa WImage
triphylla Baker var. triphylla N,W,CDescription, Image
triphylla Baker var. georgii (De Wild.) Verdc. N,W,CDescription, Image
triphylla Baker var. gracilifolia Verdc. [LR-lc]NDescription
triphylla Baker var. pubicaulis Verdc. [DD]N,W,CDescription
variifolia Robyns [VU]W
verdickii De Wild. & T.Durand[LR-nt]N,WDescription, Image

Other sources of information about Fadogia:

Our websites:

Flora of Burundi: Fadogia
Flora of Caprivi: Fadogia
Flora of Malawi: Fadogia
Flora of Mozambique: Fadogia
Flora of Zimbabwe: Fadogia

External websites:

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Fadogia
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Fadogia
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Fadogia
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Fadogia
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Fadogia
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Fadogia
JSTOR Plant Science: Fadogia
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Fadogia
Plants of the World Online: Fadogia
Tropicos: Fadogia
Wikipedia: Fadogia

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: Fadogia.
https://www.zambiaflora.com/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=1407, retrieved 23 April 2025

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