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6789.000 Stenostelma Schltr.

Leistner, O.A. (ed.) (2000) Seed plants of southern Africa: families and genera Strelitzia 10

Description of the genus

Perennial herbs with thickened rootstock. Leaves shortly petiolate, linear. Inflorescence of very shortly pedunculate umbels, lateral at nodes. Calyx of 5-partite segments, linear-lanceolate with scales at base. Corolla 5-lobed; lobes green without, white within, ovate-oblong, recurved at tips and sometimes notched at apex.

Zambia: 1 taxon.

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Copyright: Mike Bingham, Annette Willemen, Nicholas Wightman, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Mark Hyde, 2011-25

Bingham, M.G., Willemen, A., Wightman, N., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. and Hyde, M.A. (2025). Flora of Zambia: Genus page: Stenostelma.
https://www.zambiaflora.com/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=1139, retrieved 2 April 2025

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