Fischer, E. (1999) Scrophulariaceae Flore d'Afrique Centrale (Congo-Kinshasa, Rwanda & Burundi) Jardin Botanique National de Belgique, Bruxelles
Leistner, O.A. (ed.) (2000) Seed plants of southern Africa: families and genera Strelitzia 10
Small annual herbs, lacking a basal rosette; roots whitish. Stems 4-angled, sometimes winged. Leaves opposite and decussate, usually sessile, the venation usually palmate. Flowers solitary and axillary below, borne in lax, few-flowered terminal racemes above. Bracts in unequal pairs. Calyx 5-lobed, ribbed or winged. Corolla 2-lipped; tube cylindric; upper lip 2-lobed, hooded; lower lip larger, 3-lobed, with hairs having a multicellular base and club-shaped end cell. Stamens 4, fertile. Nectary absent. Ovary 2-locular; ovules many. Fruit an oblong, glabrous, septicidal capsule. Seeds small, numerous, epidermis thin-walled. Worldwide: c. 24 species in tropical and southern Africa. DRC: 24 taxa. |
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| Species | Botanical divisions | Content |
| affinis (De Wild.) Eb.Fisch. ex Govaerts [End] | XI | |
| alatocalycinus Eb.Fisch. | IV,XI | |
| bifolius (Skan) Eb. Fisch. | XI | |
| chironioides (S.Moore) Eb.Fisch. [End] | XI | |
| debilis (Skan) Eb. Fisch. | III | |
| goetzei (Engl.) Eb. Fisch. | V,XI | Description, Image |
| gracilis (Pilg.) Eb. Fisch. | XI | |
| hartlii Eb.Fisch. [End] | XI | |
| latibracteatus (Skan) Eb.Fisch. | III,IV,V,VI | |
| laxiflorus Eb.Fisch. [End] | XI | |
| malaissei Eb.Fisch. [End] | XI | |
| manganicola Eb.Fisch. | XI | |
| membranocalycinus Eb.Fisch. [End] | XI | |
| perennis (P.A.Duvign.) Eb.Fisch. [End] | XI | |
| robynsii Eb.Fisch. [End] | XI | |
| rupestris (Engl.) Eb. Fisch. | XI | Description, Image |
| scaettae (Staner) Eb.Fisch. [End] | IX | |
| schweinfurthii (Oliv.) Eb. Fisch. | III,V,VII,XI | |
| spicatus (Engl.) Eb. Fisch. | XI | Description, Image |
| symoensii Eb.Fisch. [End] | XI | |
| tenuifolius (Philcox) Eb. Fisch. | IV | |
| tenuis (S. Moore) Eb. Fisch. | XI | |
| uvens (Hiern) Eb.Fisch. | V | |
| whytei (Skan) Eb.Fisch. | VIII,IX,XI |