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7562.000 Lindernia
Leistner, O.A. (ed.) (2000) Seed plants of southern Africa: families and genera Strelitzia 10
Description of the genus
Annual or perennial herbs, sometimes aquatic. Leaves opposite, decussate, sometimes arranged in a rosette, rarely floating (e.g. in L. conferta); the venation usually palmate. Flowers solitary and axillary or arranged in terminal racemes. Calyx 5-lobed, tubular; tube ± 5-ribbed or -winged. Corolla 2-lipped; tube cylindric or somewhat campanulate above; upper lip erect, broad, concave, entire to deeply 2-fid; lower lip larger, spreading with 3 broad rounded lobes. Stamens usually 2 with 2 staminodes, rarely all 4 fertile. Nectary present, disc-like, at base of ovary. Ovary 2-locular; ovules many. Fruit a septicidal capsule. Seeds many, with a thin-walled epidermis. Worldwide: c. 80 species occurring in tropical and warm temperate regions, mainly in Africa. |
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| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| exilis (Skan) Philcox | N,Z | |
| humilis Bonati | Z | |
| nummulariifolia (D. Don) Wettst. | N,Z | Description, Image |
| oliveriana Dandy | N | |
| parviflora (Roxb.) Haines | Z,GI,M | Description, Image |
| pulchella (Skan) Philcox | Z,MS | Description, Image |
| stictantha (Hiern) Skan | Z | |
| wilmsii (Engl. & Diels) Philcox | MS | Description, Image |
Other sources of information about Lindernia:
Flora of Zimbabwe: LinderniaePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Lindernia
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Lindernia
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Lindernia
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Lindernia
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Lindernia
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