8435.000 Galopina Thunb.

Description of the genus

Perennial herbs, arising from a woody rhizome. Leaves decussate. Stipule composed of a sheath bearing 3-5 setae. Inflorescence a terminal panicle. Flowers bisexual, male or female, 4(-5)-merous. Calyx vestigial. Corolla (in bisexual and male flowers) with a short, broadly funnel-shaped tube and recurved lobes; corolla much smaller in female flowers. Ovary of 2 carpels; style 0; stigmas 2, long-exserted. Fruit dehiscent, not supported by a carpophore; mericarps tuberculate.
Related to Anthospermum and differing in the terminal inflorescence and the absence of a carpophore.

Worldwide: 4 species in Malawi, Zimbabwe, Mozambique and South Africa

Mozambique: 1 taxon.

Galopina circaeoides

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circaeoides Thunb.MSDescription, Image

Other sources of information about Galopina:

Our websites:

Flora of Malawi: Galopina
Flora of Zimbabwe: Galopina

External websites:

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Galopina
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Galopina
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Galopina
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Galopina
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Galopina
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Galopina
JSTOR Plant Science: Galopina
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Galopina
Plants of the World Online: Galopina
Tropicos: Galopina
Wikipedia: Galopina

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: Galopina.
https://www.mozambiqueflora.com/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=1419, retrieved 29 March 2024

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