VAUPELIA Brand
Martins, E.S. (1990) Boraginaceae Flora Zambesiaca 7(4)
Taton, A. (1971) Boraginaceae Flore du Congo du Rwanda et du Burundi Jardin Botanique National de Belgique
Annual or perennial herbs or subshrubs. Leaves alternate, entire. Inflorescence usually a large panicle or, simple or few-flowered. Calyx 5-lobed, divided almost to the base, sometimes accrescent in fruit. Corolla tube short, cylindric or slightly funnel-shaped, without scales in throat; lobes 5, usually much longer than the tube. Ovary 4-lobed. Fruit of 1–4 nutlets attached to the flat gynobase only by the base. Worldwide: 15 species, two confined to south west Asia, the remainder in Angola, East Africa Zambia. DRC: 1 taxon. |
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| Species | Botanical divisions | Content |
| barbatus (Vaupel) A.G.Mill. & Riedl | XI | Description |