7467.000 Aptosimum Burch. ex Benth.

Fischer, E. (1999) Scrophulariaceae Flore d'Afrique Centrale (Congo-Kinshasa, Rwanda & Burundi) Jardin Botanique National de Belgique, Bruxelles

Description of the genus

Woody herbs or subshrubs. Leaves alternate, 1-veined, entire. Flowers axillary, solitary or in short cymes. Calyx 5-lobed; tube campanulate. Corolla 5-lobed; lobes rounded. Stamens 4.

Worldwide: c. 40 species in tropical and southern Africa

Botswana: 8 taxa.

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Species	FZ divisions	Content
albomarginatum Marloth & Engl.	N,SW,SE
decumbens Schinz	N,SE	Description, Image
elongatum Engl.	N,SW,SE
junceum (Hiern) Philcox	SW
lineare Marloth & Engl.	N,SW,SE	Description, Image
lugardiae (N.E. Br.) E. Phillips	N,SW,SE	Description, Image
marlothii (Engl.) Hiern	SW
procumbens (Lehm.) Steud.

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