2390.000 Hypertelis E.Mey. ex Fenzl

Description of the genus

Perennial herb (in ours). Stipules persistent, membranous, adnate to the leaf base and sometimes clasping the stem. Leaves linear, entire, succulent. Inflorescences axillary, long-pedunculate, simply umbellate. Perianth segments 5, the outer 2-3 ± succulent, the inner narrower and membranous. Stamens 5 (in ours). Nectariferous disk 0. Ovary superior, of 3 or 5 carpels; 3- or 5-locular, each loculus with numerous ovules; stigmas 3-5. Fruit a capsule. Seeds without an appendage.

Worldwide: 9 species in South Africa, one extending to tropical Africa and Madagascar

Botswana: 1 taxon.

No image yet

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

SpeciesFZ divisionsContent
bowkeriana Sond.Description, Image

Other sources of information about Hypertelis:

Our websites:

Flora of Mozambique: Hypertelis
Flora of Zimbabwe: Hypertelis

External websites:

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

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: Hypertelis.
https://www.botswanaflora.com/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=554, retrieved 5 December 2024

Site software last modified: 12 October 2020 10:40pm
Terms of use