Cystostemon Balf. f.

Martins, E.S. (1990) Boraginaceae Flora Zambesiaca 7(4)

Description of the genus

Annual or perennial herbs or subshrubs. Leaves alternate, entire. Inflorescence usually a large panicle or, simple or few-flowered. Calyx 5-lobed, divided almost to the base, sometimes accrescent in fruit. Corolla tube short, cylindric or slightly funnel-shaped, without scales in throat; lobes 5, usually much longer than the tube. Ovary 4-lobed. Fruit of 1–4 nutlets attached to the flat gynobase only by the base.

Worldwide: 15 species, two confined to south west Asia, the remainder in Angola, East Africa Zambia.

Zambia: 3 taxa.

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SpeciesFZ divisionsProvincesContent
hispidissimus (S. Moore) Miller & Riedl subsp. zambiensis Miller & Riedl[End][VU]WNw
loveridgei E. Martins[DD]WNw
mwinilungensis E. Martins[DD]WNw

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External websites:

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Cystostemon
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Cystostemon
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Cystostemon
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IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Cystostemon
JSTOR Plant Science: Cystostemon
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Cystostemon
Plants of the World Online: Cystostemon
Tropicos: Cystostemon
Wikipedia: Cystostemon

Copyright: Mike Bingham, Annette Willemen, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Mark Hyde, 2011-24

Bingham, M.G., Willemen, A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. and Hyde, M.A. (2024). Flora of Zambia: Genus page: Cystostemon.
https://www.zambiaflora.com/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=1891, retrieved 29 March 2024

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