7622.000 Buchnera
Description of the genus
Annual or perennial herbs, often scabrid and turning black on drying. Leaves alternate or opposite, simple. Inflorescence spicate or with flowers in ± spherical clusters or flowers solitary and axillary. Calyx tubular, 10-ribbed, 4-5-lobed. Corolla with cylindric tube and 5 ± equal lobes. Stamens 4; anthers strictly 1-thecous. Fruit a capsule, without a beak. Worldwide: c. 100 species in the tropics and subtropics Mozambique: 13 taxa. |
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| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| capitata Benth. | Z | |
| chimanimaniensis Philcox [NrEnd] | MS | Description, Image |
| eylesii S. Moore | N | Description, Image |
| henriquesii Engl. | GI | |
| hispida Buch.-Ham. ex D. Don | N,Z,T,MS,GI | Description, Image |
| lastii Engl. subsp. lastii | Z,MS | |
| leptostachya Benth. | N | |
| multicaulis Engl. | MS | |
| namuliensis Skan [End] | Z,MS | |
| randii S. Moore | N | |
| speciosa Skan | N | |
| subglabra Philcox [NrEnd] | MS | Image |
| wildii Philcox [NrEnd] | MS | Image |
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