2293.000 Hermbstaedtia Rchb.

Description of the genus

Annual or perennial herbs. Leaves alternate. Flowers in spikes or heads. Modified sterile flowers 0; all flowers fertile. Perianth segments 5, equal or ± so. Stamens 5, the filaments fused for at least half their length. Ovary with numerous ovules; stigmas 2-3. Capsule circumscissile. Seeds black, flattened, shiny.

Worldwide: 14 species in tropical and South Africa

Caprivi: 1 taxon.

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odorata (Burch.) T. Cooke var. albi-rosea Suess.Description, Image

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Flora of Botswana: Hermbstaedtia
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Flora of Zambia: Hermbstaedtia
Flora of Zimbabwe: Hermbstaedtia

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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Hermbstaedtia
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IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Hermbstaedtia
JSTOR Plant Science: Hermbstaedtia
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Hermbstaedtia
Plants of the World Online: Hermbstaedtia
Tropicos: Hermbstaedtia
Wikipedia: Hermbstaedtia

Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2014-24

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Caprivi: Genus page: Hermbstaedtia.
https://www.capriviflora.com/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=523, retrieved 23 November 2024

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