7467.000 Aptosimum
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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