8136.060 Kohautia Cham. & Schltdl.

Mantell, D. in Verdcourt, B. (1988) FZ 5(1)

Description of the genus

Annual or perennial herbs. Stipular sheath ± membranous, bearing 1 or 2 ± fimbriate triangular lobes or 2-8 fringing subulate fimbriae. Leaves opposite. Flowers bisexual, (3-)4(-5)-merous; stigmas and anthers always included in the corolla tube, never heterostylous, in terminal, often panicle-like inflorescences. Calyx lobes 4(-5). Stigma usually held well below the anthers or occasionally just touching anthers. Ovary 2-locular. Capsules hemispheric; ± spherical or ellipsoid; beak not conspicuous.

Derivation of name: after Francis Kohaut (?-1822), who collected in Senegal in 1822 and died during that expedition.

Worldwide: 31 species in India, Pakistan, Iran, Arabian peninsula and thoughout Africa; also in Madagascar and the Cape Verde Islands.

No image yet

Links to taxa:     View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this genus

SpeciesFZ divisionsContent
amatymbica Eckl. & Zeyh.MS,MDescription, Image
caespitosa Schnizl. subsp. brachyloba (Sond.) D. MantellMS,M
coccinea RoyleN
cynanchica DC.GIDescription, Image
longifolia KlotzschN,Z,T,MDescription, Image
subverticillata (K. Schum.) D. Mantell subsp. subverticillata TDescription, Image
virgata (Willd.) Bremek.Z,T,MS,GI,MDescription

Other sources of information about Kohautia:

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

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: Kohautia.
http://www.mozambiqueflora.com/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=1361, retrieved 19 May 2013

Site software last modified: 10 June 2012 10:41pm
Terms of use