8096.000 Anisotes Nees

HIMANTOCHILUS T. Anderson

MACRORUNGIA C.B. Clarke

METARUNGIA Baden

Baden, C. (1981) The genus Anisotes (Acanthaceae), a taxonomic revision Nord. J. Bot. 1

Description of the genus

Shrubs. Leaves opposite. Calyx actinomorphic, hairy; lobes 5. Corolla 2-lipped, red or orange; lips long; upper minutely lobed, lower 3-lobed with a distinct keel and 2 channels on lower surface. Fertile stamens 2. Anthers attached parallel to filaments; pollen prolate. Capsule woody, with inelastic placental bases. Seeds 4, lacking hygroscopic hairs.

Worldwide: 19 species in tropical Africa, South Africa (Northern Province) and Madagascar

Mozambique: 5 taxa.

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Species	FZ divisions	Content
formosissimus (Klotzsch) Milne-Redh.	Z,T,MS,GI,M	Description, Image
longistrobus (C.B. Clarke) Vollesen	M
pubinervis (T. Anderson) Heine	MS,GI	Description, Image
rogersii S.Moore		Description, Image
sessiliflorus (T. Anderson) C. B. Clarke	Z,T,MS	Description, Image

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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Anisotes
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Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Anisotes
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