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Mesosphaerum
Description of the genus
Annual or short-lived perennial herbs. Flowers in opposite several-many-flowered cincinnate, pedunculate cymes arranged in spike-like racemes or panicles; bracts leafy below, becoming smaller towards the apex. Calyx ribbed, subequally 5-toothed; the tube somewhat accrescent in fruit. Corolla small, 5-lobed, ± 2-lipped; lowest lobe saccate. Stamens 4, declinate. Fruit a lobed structure that divides into two flattened 'seeds' (mericarps). Derivation of name: from the Greek: mesos meaning middle and sphaera, a ball or sphere, possibly referring to the fruit. Worldwide: 24 species in tropical and subtropical America. 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 |
| pectinatum (L.) Kuntze | N,Z,M | Description, Image |
| suaveolens (L.) Kuntze | MS | Description, Image |
Other sources of information about Mesosphaerum:
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Flora of Botswana: MesosphaerumFlora of Caprivi: Mesosphaerum
Flora of Malawi: Mesosphaerum
Flora of Zambia: Mesosphaerum
Flora of Zimbabwe: Mesosphaerum
External websites:
ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): MesosphaerumFlora Zambesiaca web site: Mesosphaerum
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GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Mesosphaerum
Wikipedia: Mesosphaerum
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Mesosphaerum
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Mesosphaerum
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