6991.000 Jacquemontia Choisy

Description of the genus

Twining herbs (in ours) or shrubs, usually hairy with 2-3-armed hairs. Leaves entire, often cordate at base. Inflorescences of axillary, usually pedunculate cymes. Sepals equal or unequal. Corolla funnel-shaped to campanulate, shallowly 5-lobed, blue (in ours). Stamens included. Ovary 2-locular. Style 1; stigmas 2, oblong or nearly so, rarely filiform. Capsule spherical. 2-locular. Seeds 4 or fewer.

Worldwide: c.120 species, occurring mainly in America, but also in tropical Africa, Asia and Australia

Mozambique: 3 taxa.

Jacquemontia tamnifolia

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SpeciesFZ divisionsContent
ovalifolia (Vahl) Hallier f.GI
paniculata (Burm. f.) Hallier f. var. paniculata N,MS
tamnifolia Griseb.N,Z,T,MS,GI,MDescription, Image

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Flora of Malawi: Jacquemontia
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Wikipedia: Jacquemontia
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Kew Herbarium catalogue: Jacquemontia

Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave 2007-23

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2023). Flora of Mozambique: Genus page: Jacquemontia.
https://www.mozambiqueflora.com/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=1179, retrieved 27 March 2023

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