OREACANTHUS Benth.
Herbs, subshrubs or shrubs. Inflorescence a spike (in ours); terminal or axillary. Sepals 5, linear. Corolla 2-lipped; tube very long and slender; lobes subequal. Fertile stamens 2, long-exserted; anthers 1-thecous; staminodes 0. Ovary and style base glabrous; style capitate. Seeds without hygroscopic hairs. Worldwide: 10 species in tropical Africa and Madagascar DRC: 11 taxa. |
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| Species | Botanical divisions | Content |
| africanus S. Moore var. africanus | Description, Image | |
| africanus S.Moore [Agg] | ||
| calostachyus Champl. | ||
| coeruleus S.Moore subsp. coeruleus | ||
| congensis Champl. subsp. congensis | ||
| glaberrimus Champl. | ||
| holstii Lindau | ||
| jaundensis Lindau | ||
| montifuga (Milne-Redh.) Champl. | ||
| myrmecophilus Champl. subsp. myrmecophilus | ||
| roseus Champl. |