8007.000 Asystasia Blume

Description of the genus

Herbs or shrubs. Inflorescence terminal or axillary, thyrses, cymes or solitary. Calyx actinomorphic, 5-lobed. Corolla ± actinomorphic or 2-lipped; campnulate above; rugula on upper lip indistinct; lobes 5. Fertile stamens 4, didynamous; anthers 2-thecous. Ovary with 2 ovules. Seeds without hygroscopic hairs.

Worldwide: c. 70 species in the Old World tropics

Asystasia gangetica subsp. micrantha

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SpeciesFZ divisionsContent
gangetica (L.) T. Anderson subsp. micrantha (Nees) EnsermuDescription, Image
glandulosa LindauImage

Other sources of information about Asystasia:

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

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: Asystasia.
http://www.mozambiqueflora.com/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=1345, retrieved 25 May 2013

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