Afrosolen Goldblatt & J.C.Manning

Goldblatt, P. & Manning, J.C. (2016) Nomenclatural adjustments in African plants 2 Bothalia 46(1) 1-5

Description of the genus

Derivation of name: Referring to the tubular perianth of this African genus; solen (Gr) meaning pipe.

Comment: A new name for Psilosiphon Welw. ex Goldblatt & J.C.Manning which turned out to be an illegitimate homonym since the name Psilosiphon Entwisle (1989) had been published for a genus of algae in the family Lemaneaceae (now Batrachospermaceae).

Worldwide: 15 species in Subsaharan Africa.

Botswana: 5 taxa.

Afrosolen erythranthus

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

SpeciesFZ divisionsContent
bainesii (Baker) Goldblatt & J.C.ManningN,SEDescription, Image
coeruleus (Schinz) Goldblatt & ManningN,SW
erythranthus (Klotzsch ex Klatt) Goldblatt & J.C.ManningNDescription, Image
sandersonii (Baker) Goldblatt & J.C.Manning subsp. sandersonii SE
schimperi (Aschers. & Klatt) Goldblatt & J.C.ManningNDescription, Image

Other sources of information about Afrosolen:

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Flora of Caprivi: Afrosolen
Flora of Malawi: Afrosolen
Flora of Mozambique: Afrosolen
Flora of Zambia: Afrosolen
Flora of Zimbabwe: Afrosolen

External websites:

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Afrosolen
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iNaturalist: Afrosolen
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Afrosolen
JSTOR Plant Science: Afrosolen
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Afrosolen
Plants of the World Online: Afrosolen
Tropicos: Afrosolen
Wikipedia: Afrosolen

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: Afrosolen.
https://www.botswanaflora.com/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=2581, retrieved 28 March 2024

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