7213.000 Tinnea
Description of the genus
Perennial herbs, suffrutices or shrubs. Young branches, undersides of leaves and corollas with sessile glands. Leaves often held in a V and reflexed; margin entire. Calyx 2-lipped with 2 entire, broadly rounded lips, enlarging in fruit. Corolla with a 3-lobed lower lip and 2-lobed upper lip, dark reddish-brown to blackish-purple. Stamens 4, normally exserted. Style 2-lobed. Nutlets with a well-developed wing on the dorsal side. Worldwide: 19 species in tropical Africa Mozambique: 5 taxa. |
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| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| aethiopica Kotschy ex Hook. f. subsp. stolzii (Robyns & Lebrun) Vollesen | N,Z | |
| apiculata Robyns & Lebrun | N,Z | Description, Image |
| galpinii Briq. | M | |
| rhodesiana S. Moore | T,M | Description, Image |
| zambesiaca Baker | N,MS | Description, Image |
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