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2539.000 Delphinium - Larkspurs
Description of the genus
Annual or perennial herbs. Leaves basal and cauline, palmately lobed. Flowers zygomorphic, bisexual, arranged in terminal racemes or panicles. Sepals 5, ± petaloid, the dorsal sepal spurred. Petals 2-5, the posterior 2 with spurs joined and fitting into the calyx-spur. Stamens many, the filaments often flattened.
Fruit of 3 pubescent follicles.
Worldwide: c. 320 species, in N temperate regions and on tropical African mountains. Zambia: 2 taxa. |
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Links to taxa: View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this genus
| Species | FZ divisions | Provinces | Content |
| dasycaulon Fresen. | Nw,N,E | Nw,N,E | Description, Image |
| leroyi Franch. ex Huth | E | Mc | Description, Image |
Other sources of information about Delphinium:
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Flora of Caprivi: cultivated DelphiniumFlora of Malawi: Delphinium
Flora of Mozambique: Delphinium
External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): DelphiniumBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Delphinium
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Delphinium
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Delphinium
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Delphinium
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Delphinium
JSTOR Plant Science: Delphinium
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Delphinium
Plants of the World Online: Delphinium
Tropicos: Delphinium
Wikipedia: Delphinium
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