7616.000 Sopubia Buch-Ham. ex D. Don

Description of the genus

Hemiparasitic annual or perennial herbs or subshrubs. Leaves opposite or whorled or upper alternate, usually linear, entire or deeply pinnatifid. Inflorescence a terminal raceme or spike. Calyx 5-toothed, campanulate; the teeth white-woolly inside. Corolla with short tube and 5 spreading lobes. Stamens 4; anthers 2-thecous, one cell perfect, the other much smaller, sterile. Fruit a capsule. Seeds numerous.

Worldwide: 60 species occurring in the tropical Old World and S Africa

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SpeciesFZ divisionsContent
karaguensis Oliv. var. karaguensis MDescription
karaguensis Oliv. var. macrocalyx O. J. Hansen?Description, Image
mannii Skan var. mannii MSDescription, Image
mannii Skan var. tenuifolia (Engl. & Gilg) HepperMSDescription
ramosa (Hochst.) Hochst.N,Z,T,MS
simplex (Hochst.) Hochst.N,Z,MS,M

Other sources of information about Sopubia:

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

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: Sopubia.
http://www.mozambiqueflora.com/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=1294, retrieved 21 May 2013

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