5355.000 Tricliceras Thonn. ex DC.

Description of the genus

Stems often bristly. Stipules usually 0. Inflorescences scapose or axillary, of 1-many-flowered racemes. Calyx tube cylindric. Petals pale yellow to scarlet or brick-red, rarely white, with a small ligule opposite the insertion. Stamens 5, 3 longer than the other 2. Capsule linear or narrowly ellipsoid, resembling a siliqua.

Worldwide: 12 species in warm parts of Africa

Botswana: 4 taxa.

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Species	FZ divisions	Content
glanduliferum (Klotzsch) R.Fern.		Description, Image
lobatum (Urb.) R. Fern.		Description, Image
longepedunculatum (Mast.) R. Fern. var. longepedunculatum		Description, Image
schinzii (Urb.) R. Fern. subsp. schinzii var. juttae (Dinter & Urb.) R. Fern.

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