7064.000 Cynoglossum L.

Description of the genus

Annual, biennial or perennial herbs. Leaves alternate. Inflorescence of scorpioid cymes. Flowers bisexual. Calyx 5-lobed, not or only slightly accrescent. Corolla tube short, cylindric or funnel-shaped, closed with 5 scales at the throat; lobes 5. Ovary of 4 separate lobes. Style gynobasic. Fruit of 4 nutlets; nutlets depressed, glochidiate.

Worldwide: c. 75 species in temperate and warm regions, mainly Old World

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Species	FZ divisions	Content
amplifolium Hochst. ex A. DC.	MS
coeruleum A. DC. subsp. johnstonii (Baker) Verdc. var. mannii (Baker & C.H. Wright) Verdc.	T
lanceolatum Forssk.	N,Z,T,MS,M	Description, Image

Other sources of information about Cynoglossum:

Flora of Zimbabwe: Cynoglossum
ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Cynoglossum
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Cynoglossum
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Cynoglossum
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Cynoglossum
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Cynoglossum

Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Stefaan Dondeyne 2007-13

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Dondeyne, S. (2013). Flora of Mozambique: Genus page: Cynoglossum.
http://www.mozambiqueflora.com/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=1197, retrieved 22 May 2013

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