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Clarke, H. & Charters, M. (ed. Moll, E.) (2016) The Illustrated Dictionary of Southern African Plant Names Jacana Media, South Africa
Annual or perennial herbs (in ours). Stems not twining. Leaves alternate. Bracteoles minute, ± linear, rarely 0. Flowers usually resupinate, zygomorphic. Corolla usually 2-lipped with upper lip 2-lobed, lower 3-lobed (rarely all petals form a single lip). (The terms 'upper' and 'lower' assume flowers are resupinate). Anthers (5) united into a tube; the two lower or all of them penicillate at tip, the two lower ones somewhat shorter than others. Ovary inferior to ± superior, 2-locular. Stigma lobes 2, surrounded by a ring of hairs. Fruit a capsule dehiscing by 2, rarely 4, apical valves; or, rarely indehiscent. Derivation of name: after Mathias de L'Obel (Lobelius) (1538-1616), Flemish botanist, traveller and plant collector. (Clarke, Charters & Moll-Ed., 202, 2016). Worldwide: c. 300 species in tropical and warm areas, a few temperate. DRC: 28 taxa. |
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| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| baumannii Engl. | Description, Image | |
| bequaertii De Wild.[NrEnd] | ||
| erinus L. | Description, Image | |
| fervens Thunb. subsp. recurvata (E. Wimm.) Thulin | ||
| giberroa Hemsl. | Description, Image | |
| gilletii De Wild. | ||
| hartlaubii Buchenau | ||
| heyneana Roem. & Schult. | ||
| holstii Engl. | ||
| inconspicua A. Rich. | Description, Image | |
| kalobaensis E.Wimm. ex Thulin[End] | ||
| kundelungensis Thulin[End] | ||
| lasiocalycina E. Wimm. | ||
| lisowskii Thulin[End] | ||
| mildbraedii Engl. | Description, Image | |
| minutula Engl. | Image | |
| molleri Henriq. | ||
| paludigena Thulin[End] | ||
| petiolata Hauman[NrEnd] | Image | |
| quarreana E. Wimm. | ||
| rivalis E.Wimm.[End] | ||
| rubescens De Wild. | ||
| sapinii De Wild. | ||
| stuhlmannii Schweinf. ex Stuhlmann[NrEnd] | ||
| trullifolia Hemsl. subsp. minor Thulin | Description | |
| trullifolia Hemsl. subsp. rhodesica (R.E.Fr.) Thulin | ||
| welwitschii Engl. & Diels | ||
| wollastonii Baker f.[NrEnd] |
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