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

Botswana: 6 taxa.

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Species	FZ divisions	Content
fleckii (Schinz) Baker & C.B. Clarke	N,SW,SE
linearis Schinz	N,SW,SE
odorata (Burch.) T. Cooke var. aurantiaca (Suess.) Towns.
odorata (Burch.) T. Cooke var. albi-rosea Suess.	N,SW,SE	Description, Image
scabra Schinz	N
schaeferi (Schinz) Schinz & Dinter

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