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8464.000 Richardia
Description of the genus
Prostrate to ascending perennial herbs. Leaves opposite, sessile or shortly petiolate, ± elliptic. Stipular sheath bearing several fimbriae. Flowers bisexual in dense heads surrounded by an involucre of 4 leaves. Calyx lobes persistent. Corolla funnel-shaped, lobes 3-6. Ovary 3-4-locular. Capsule composed of 3-4 cocci, crowned by the persistent calyx, eventually splitting into separate cocci. Derivation of name: after Richard Richardson (1663-1741), English botanist and physician. Worldwide: 15 species in tropical America; naturalised elsewhere. Mozambique: 2 taxa. |
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Links to taxa: View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this genus
| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| brasiliensis Gomes | Z,MS,M | Description, Image |
| scabra L. | MS | Description, Image |
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Flora of Zambia: Richardia
Flora of Zimbabwe: Richardia
External websites:
ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): RichardiaFlora Zambesiaca web site: Richardia
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GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Richardia
Wikipedia: Richardia
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Richardia
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Richardia
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