8136.200 Oldenlandia L.

Description of the genus

Annual or perennial herbs. Stipules with 1-several fimbriae. Leaves opposite. Flowers bisexual, heterostylous or isostylous, in terminal or axillary inflorescences, sometimes fasciculate or solitary at nodes. Calyx lobes 4 (in ours). Corolla lobes 4. Ovary 2-locular. Capsule subspherical to oblong, usually with a beak.

Derivation of name: after Hendrik Bernhard Oldenland, c. 1663-1699, German-born South African botanist.

Worldwide: 300 species in the tropics, especially in Africa.

Mozambique: 19 taxa.

Oldenlandia rupicola var. rupicola

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SpeciesFZ divisionsContent
affinis (Roem. & Schult.) DC. var. fugax (Vatke) Verdc.N,Z,T,MS,MDescription, Image
cana Bremek.[NrEnd]MSImage
capensis L.f. var. capensis N,Z,T,MS,GI,MDescription, Image
capensis L.f. var. pleiosepala Bremek.MSDescription
cephalotes (Hochst.) KuntzeGI,M
corymbosa L. var. corymbosa N,Z,T,MS,GIDescription, Image
corymbosa L. var. caespitosa (Benth.) Verdc.N,Z,T,MSDescription, Image
fastigiata Bremek.N
goreensis (DC.) Summerh. var. goreensis N,Z,MSDescription, Image
goreensis (DC.) Summerh. var. trichocaula Bremek.Z,MDescription, Image
herbacea (L.) Roxb. var. herbacea N,Z,MSDescription
herbacea (L.) Roxb. var. goetzii Bremek.NDescription
herbacea (L.) Roxb. var. papillosa (Chiov.) Bremek.NDescription
herbacea (L.) Roxb.[Agg]N,Z,MSDescription, Image
lancifolia (Schumach.) DC. var. scabridula Bremek.N,ZDescription, Image
rosulata K. Schum. var. parviflora Bremek.N,T
rupicola (Sond.) Kuntze var. rupicola Z,MSDescription, Image
sp. B N
verrucitesta Verdc.[End]Z

Other sources of information about Oldenlandia:

Our websites:

Flora of Botswana: Oldenlandia
Flora of Caprivi: Oldenlandia
Flora of Malawi: Oldenlandia
Flora of Zambia: Oldenlandia
Flora of Zimbabwe: Oldenlandia

External websites:

ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Oldenlandia
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Oldenlandia
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Oldenlandia
Wikipedia: Oldenlandia
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Oldenlandia
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Oldenlandia

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: Oldenlandia.
https://www.mozambiqueflora.com/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=1365, retrieved 31 March 2023

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