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6338.000 Anagallis
Description of the genus
Relatively small, slender, annual or perennial glabrous herbs. Leaves entire, sessile or shortly petiolate, alternate or opposite. Flowers 5(-6)-merous, solitary in leaf axils or in terminal racemes. Calyx divided almost base; margins usually hyaline. Corolla ± campanulate, white or pale pink (rarely bright blue or red - A. arvensis). Stamens 5. Ovary superior, spherical. Fruit a spherical or obovoid capsule, mostly circumscissile, rarely indehiscent. Seeds ellipsoid, 3-angled. Worldwide: c. 28 species in Europe, African mountains, S America and 1 pantropical species. Zambia: 8 taxa. |
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| Species | FZ divisions | Provinces | Content |
| acuminata Welw. ex Schinz | N,W | Nw,N | Description, Image |
| barbata (P. Taylor) Kupicha | N,W,C,S | Nw,N,C,S,W | |
| djalonis A. Chev. | N,W,S | Nw,N,C,Lk | |
| elegantula P. Taylor | B,N,W,C | Nw,N,C | |
| kochii H.E. Hess | W,C | Nw,C | |
| pumila Sw. | S | S | |
| rhodesica R.E. Fr.[DD] | N | Lp | |
| tenuicaulis Baker | N | N |
Other sources of information about Anagallis:
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Flora of Caprivi: cultivated AnagallisFlora of Malawi: Anagallis
Flora of Mozambique: Anagallis
Flora of Zimbabwe: Anagallis
External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): AnagallisBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Anagallis
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Anagallis
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Anagallis
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Anagallis
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Anagallis
JSTOR Plant Science: Anagallis
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Anagallis
Plants of the World Online: Anagallis
Tropicos: Anagallis
Wikipedia: Anagallis
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