3201.000 Vahlia
Bridson, D.M. (1978) Vahliaceae Flora Zambesiaca 4
Description of the genus
Annual herbs or suffrutices, branched and erect, hairy. Leaves sessile to subsessile, ovate to linear, midrib apparent but lateral veins obscure. Inflorescences erect, sessile to subsessile or pedunculate. Calyx-tube campanulate to subglobose, often distinctly 5-veined; petals shorter than or just exceeding the calyx-lobes, lanceolate to orbicular; margin entire to crenate. Fruit a capsule. Derivation of name: for Martin Hendrichsen Vahl (1749-1804), Danish-Norwegian botanist and traveller. Worldwide: 5 species in sub-Saharan Africa, North Africa, Middle East and Asia. Botswana: 4 taxa. |
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| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| capensis (L. f.) Thunb. subsp. capensis | SE | |
| capensis (L.f.) Thunb. subsp. vulgaris Bridson var. vulgaris | N,SW | Description, Image |
| capensis (L.f.) Thunb. subsp. vulgaris Bridson var. linearis E.Mey. ex Bridson | N | |
| digyna (Retz.) Kuntze | SE | Description, Image |
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