8007.000 Asystasia
Description of the genus
Herbs or shrubs. Inflorescence terminal or axillary, thyrses, cymes or solitary. Calyx actinomorphic, 5-lobed. Corolla ± actinomorphic or 2-lipped; campanulate above; rugula on upper lip indistinct; lobes 5. Fertile stamens 4, didynamous; anthers 2-thecous. Ovary with 2 ovules. Seeds without hygroscopic hairs. Worldwide: c. 70 species in the Old World tropics DRC: 13 taxa. Insects associated with this genus:
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| Species | Botanical divisions | Content |
| albiflora Ensermu | ||
| congensis C.B.Clarke | ||
| glandulosa Lindau | Description, Image | |
| guttata (Forssk.) Brummitt | ||
| hedbergii Ensermu | ||
| intrusa (Forssk.) Blume | Description, Image | |
| leptostachya Lindau | ||
| mysorensis (Roth) T. Anderson | Description, Image | |
| richardsiae Ensermu | ||
| trichotogyne Lindau | ||
| vogeliana Benth. | Description, Image | |
| welwitschii S. Moore | ||
| zambiana Brummitt & Chisumpa |
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Flora of Angola: AsystasiaFlora of Botswana: Asystasia
Flora of Burundi: Asystasia
Flora of Caprivi: Asystasia
Flora of Kenya: Asystasia
Flora of Malawi: Asystasia
Flora of Mozambique: Asystasia
Flora of Rwanda: Asystasia
Flora of Tanzania: Asystasia
Flora of Uganda: Asystasia
Flora of Zambia: Asystasia
Flora of Zimbabwe: Asystasia
Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Asystasia
External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): AsystasiaBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Asystasia
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Asystasia
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Asystasia
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iNaturalist: Asystasia
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Asystasia
JSTOR Plant Science: Asystasia
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Asystasia
Plants of the World Online: Asystasia
Tropicos: Asystasia
Wikipedia: Asystasia