7517.000 Manulea L.

Hilliard, O.M. (1994) The Manuleae. A tribe of the Scrophulariaceae Edinburgh University Press

Description of the genus

Perennial herb (in ours). Leaves mostly basal, opposite above. Inflorescence a thyrse (in ours). Bract adnate to base of pedicel. Calyx ± 2-lipped. Corolla: tube usually narrow and expanded above; lobes 2-lipped or symmetric. Stamens 4, the anticous pair either included or just visible in mouth; posticous pair always included, filaments not decurrent down corolla tube. Seeds white or (in ours) violet-blue.

Worldwide: 74 species, mainly W and SW Cape, some extending north to Angola, Zimbabwe and Mozambique

Botswana: 1 taxon.

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conferta Pilg.SW

Other sources of information about Manulea:

Our websites:

Flora of Mozambique: Manulea
Flora of Zimbabwe: Manulea

External websites:

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

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: Manulea.
https://www.botswanaflora.com/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=1267, retrieved 28 March 2024

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