7345.010 Endostemon
Description of the genus
Perennial herbs or soft shrublets. Leaves opposite. Inflorescences lax terminal or axillary racemes. Flowers in 2-6-flowered whorls; bracts persistent. Calyx 5-toothed, 2-lipped, accrescent; upper tooth largest, ovate, erect; 4 lower teeth equal, horizontal, lanceolate-triangular or subulate. Corolla ± equally 4-lobed; lobes flat. Stamens 4, included in corolla tube. Nutlets subcircular or oblong. Worldwide: 17 species in tropical and South Africa and India Mozambique: 5 taxa. |
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| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| albus A.J Paton | N | |
| obtusifolius (E. Mey. ex Benth.) N.E.Br. | N,Z,T,M | Description, Image |
| tenuiflorus (Benth.) M.R. Ashby | MS | Description, Image |
| tereticaulis (Poir.) M.R. Ashby | T,M | Description, Image |
| villosus (Briq.) M.R. Ashby | N |
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