8048.000 Ecbolium Kurz

Vollesen, K. (1989) A Revision of Megalochlamys and Ecbolium (Acanthaceae: Justicieae) Kew Bulletin 44(4) 601-680

Description of the genus

Shrubs or subshrubs. Inflorescence a terminal spike. Bracts large, obscuring the calyx; bracteoles linear. Calyx actinomorphic; lobes 5, somewhat unequal; tube shorter than lobes. Corolla not resupinate, 2-lipped; upper lip entire or 2-fid; lower lip deeply 3-lobed; lobes much shorter than the tube. Fertile stamens 2, exserted; anthers 2-thecous. Ovary with 1(-2) ovules per loculus. Seeds borne on reinacula; seeds with hygroscopic glochidiate hairs.

Worldwide: 22 species in eastern and southern Africa, Madagascar, Comoros,Arabian peninsula, India and Malaysia

Mozambique: 4 taxa.

Ecbolium clarkei var. puberulum

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SpeciesFZ divisionsContent
amplexicaule S. MooreN
clarkei Hiern var. puberulum VollesenGIDescription, Image
glabratum Vollesen[NrEnd]GI,M
hastatum Vollesen[End][EN]GI,MImage

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Tropicos: Ecbolium
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Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave 2007-24

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Mozambique: Genus page: Ecbolium.
https://www.mozambiqueflora.com/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=1352, retrieved 29 March 2024

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