7622.000 Buchnera L.

Description of the genus

Annual or perennial herbs, often scabrid and turning black on drying. Leaves alternate or opposite, simple. Inflorescence spicate or with flowers in ± spherical clusters or flowers solitary and axillary. Calyx tubular, 10-ribbed, 4-5-lobed. Corolla with cylindric tube and 5 ± equal lobes. Stamens 4; anthers strictly 1-thecous. Fruit a capsule, without a beak.

Worldwide: c. 100 species in the tropics and subtropics

Zambia: 40 taxa.

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Species	FZ divisions	Content
arenicola R. E. Fries[End][DD]	N
attenuata Skan	N,W,C
bangweolensis R.E. Fr.
buchneroides (S. Moore) Brenan	N,C
candida S. Moore
capitata Benth.
chisumpae Philcox[End][VU]	N
ciliolata Engl.	N,S
crassifolia Engl.[NrEnd][DD]	N
cryptocephala (Baker) Philcox var. cryptocephala	N,W,C,E	Description, Image
cryptocephala (Baker) Philcox var. mwinilungensis Philcox[VU]	W
descampsii De Wild. & Ledoux	W
ebracteolata Philcox[End][VU]	N
foliosa Skan	N,W,C
geminiflora Philcox	S
henriquesii Engl.
hispida Buch.-Ham. ex D. Don	B,W,C,E,S	Description, Image
hockii De Wild.	W,S
humpatensis Hiern	B,N,W,S
lastii Engl. subsp. lastii
lastii Engl. subsp. pubiflora Philcox	N
laxiflora Philcox[End][LR-lc]	N,W
leptostachya Benth.	C
lippioides Vatke ex Engl.	N,S
longispicata Schinz		Description, Image
multicaulis Engl.	E
nervosa Philcox[End][VU]	N
nigricans (Benth.) Skan	N
nitida Skan[NrEnd][DD]	N
nuttii Skan	N,C,S	Description
peduncularis Brenan	N,W,C,E
prorepens Eckl. & Gilg[NrEnd]	B,N,W,C,S	Description, Image
pulcherrima R. E. Fries[End][DD]	N
quadrifaria Baker	N,E	Description, Image
randii S. Moore
ruwenzoriensis Skan	N,W
speciosa Skan
splendens Engl.	N
trilobata Skan[LR-lc]	N,W
welwitschii Engl.	W,C

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Flora of Botswana: Buchnera
Flora of Burundi: Buchnera
Flora of Caprivi: Buchnera
Flora of Malawi: Buchnera
Flora of Mozambique: Buchnera
Flora of Zimbabwe: Buchnera

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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Buchnera
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