8061.000 Megalochlamys Lindau
Leistner, O.A. (ed.) (2000)
Seed plants of southern Africa: families and genera Strelitzia 10
Vollesen, K. (1989)
A Revision of Megalochlamys and Ecbolium (Acanthaceae: Justicieae) Kew Bulletin 44(4) 601-680
Description of the genus
Shrubs or suffrutices. Inflorescence a terminal spike; bracts sometimes large with a cordate base; bracteoles 2. Calyx actinomorphic; lobes 5, ± linear. Corolla 2-lipped, bright or pale blue; upper lip ± entire; lower lip 3-fid. Fertile stamens 2, long-exserted; anthers 2-thecous. Ovary with 1-2 ovules per loculus. Capsule subspherical. Seeds flattened, borne on retinacula. Worldwide: 10 species in Africa and the Arabian peninsula Botswana: 3 taxa. |
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Species | FZ divisions | Content |
hamata (Klotzsch) Vollesen | N | Description, Image |
marlothii (Engl.) Lindau | | |
revoluta (Lindau) Vollesen subsp. cognata (N.E. Br.) Vollesen | N,SE | Description |
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