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8348.000 Pentanisia
Description of the genus
Perennial herbs from a woody rootstock. Stipules with bases connate with the petiole, fimbriate. Leaves opposite. Flowers bisexual, dimorphic (some flowers with anthers exserted and style included and others vice versa), usually in capitate inflorescences. Calyx lobes 5, 1-3 enlarged and often leaf-like, the rest small. Corolla usually blue; lobes usually 5. Ovary 2-5-locular. Stigma lobes equal in number to the number of loculi in the ovary. Fruit ± spherical, slightly fleshy. Worldwide: 15 species in tropical Africa |
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Links to taxa: View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this genus
| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| angustifolia (Hochst.) Hochst. | M | |
| prunelloides (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Walp. subsp. prunelloides | M | |
| schweinfurthii Hiern | N,T,MS | Description, Image |
| sykesii Hutch. subsp. otomerioides Verdc. | MS | Description, Image |
Other sources of information about Pentanisia:
Flora of Zimbabwe: PentanisiaePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Pentanisia
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Pentanisia
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Pentanisia
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Pentanisia
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Pentanisia
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