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Leistner, O.A. (ed.) (2000) Seed plants of southern Africa: families and genera Strelitzia 10
Annual dwarf herbs, hairy, with a taproot. Leaves pinnately lobed or pinnatifid, petiolate. Flowers large, solitary. Perianth tube campanulate, shallow; lobes spreading. Petals yellow, imbricate, arising in the throat of perianth tube, alternate with lobes, large. Fruit 5-10 carpels, indehiscent, enclosed in a somewhat woody perianth tube, surrounded by spreading perianth lobes; with spines in the form of little knobs. Worldwide: About 6 species in Namibia, Botswana and Northern and Western Cape. Botswana: 3 taxa. |
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| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| cuneifolium Schinz[DD] | ||
| humifusum Thunb. var. humifusum | ||
| sinuatum Licht. ex Burch. |
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