7347.000 Pycnostachys Hook.

Description of the genus

Annual or perennial herbs or shrubs. Leaves opposite or whorled. Inflorescence a dense terminal spike. Bracts small, distinct from the leaves. Calyx ± equally 5-toothed; teeth subulate, becoming spiny in fruit. Corolla 2-lipped; upper lip 4-lobed, shorter than the lower; lower lip relatively large, boat-shaped. Stamens 4, didynamous, lying in the lower lip. Style slender, shortly 2-fid.

Worldwide: 37 species in tropical and South Africa and Madagascar

Zambia: 14 taxa.

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Species	FZ divisions	Provinces	Content
ciliata Bramley	N,C	N,C
coerulea Hook.		Lp,C,S
de-wildemaniana Robyns & J.-P. Lebrun	N,W,C,S	Cb,N,Lk,S	Description, Image
kassneri De Wild.	N,W	Nw,N	Description, Image
orthodonta Gürke	N,C,S	N,C,Lk,S	Description, Image
parvifolia Baker	N	Lp,N
prittwitzii Perkins		N
pseudospeciosa Busc. & Muschl.	N	Lp
ruandensis De Wild.		E?
schliebenii Mildbr.	E	Mc
sphaerocephala Baker	N	N
stuhlmannii Gürke	N,W,C	Cb,N,Mc,C	Description, Image
urticifolia Hook.	N		Description, Image
verticillata Baker [LR-nt]		N

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