7345.010 Endostemon N.E.Br.

Description of the genus

Perennial herbs or soft shrublets. Leaves opposite. Inflorescences lax terminal or axillary racemes. Flowers in 2-6-flowered whorls; bracts persistent. Calyx 5-toothed, 2-lipped, accrescent; upper tooth largest, ovate, erect; 4 lower teeth equal, horizontal, lanceolate-triangular or subulate. Corolla ± equally 4-lobed; lobes flat. Stamens 4, included in corolla tube. Nutlets subcircular or oblong.

Worldwide: 17 species in tropical and South Africa and India

Botswana: 2 taxa.

No image yet

Links to taxa:     View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this genus

SpeciesFZ divisionsContent
tenuiflorus (Benth.) M.R. AshbyDescription, Image
tereticaulis (Poir.) M.R. AshbyDescription, Image

Other sources of information about Endostemon:

Our websites:

Flora of Caprivi: cultivated Endostemon
Flora of Malawi: Endostemon
Flora of Mozambique: Endostemon
Flora of Zambia: Endostemon
Flora of Zimbabwe: Endostemon

External websites:

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Endostemon
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Endostemon
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Endostemon
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Endostemon
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Endostemon
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Endostemon
JSTOR Plant Science: Endostemon
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Endostemon
Plants of the World Online: Endostemon
Tropicos: Endostemon
Wikipedia: Endostemon

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 Botswana: Genus page: Endostemon.
https://www.botswanaflora.com/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=1228, retrieved 29 March 2024

Site software last modified: 12 October 2020 10:40pm
Terms of use