7467.000 Aptosimum Burch. ex Benth.

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.

Aptosimum lugardiae

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

SpeciesFZ divisionsContent
albomarginatum Marloth & Engl.N,SW,SE
decumbens SchinzN,SEDescription, Image
elongatum Engl.N,SW,SE
junceum (Hiern) PhilcoxSW
lineare Marloth & Engl.N,SW,SEDescription, Image
lugardiae (N.E. Br.) E. PhillipsN,SW,SEDescription, Image
marlothii (Engl.) HiernSW
procumbens (Lehm.) Steud.

Other sources of information about Aptosimum:

Our websites:

Flora of Caprivi: Aptosimum
Flora of Mozambique: Aptosimum
Flora of Zambia: Aptosimum
Flora of Zimbabwe: Aptosimum

External websites:

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

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: Aptosimum.
https://www.botswanaflora.com/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=1259, retrieved 5 December 2024

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