7949.000 Acanthopale C.B. Clarke

Description of the genus

Shrubs or subshrubs. Leaves with caudate apex and cuneate base; margin entire. Inflorescence spike-like, terminal or axillary. Bracts longer than calyx. Calyx divided ± to base into linear lobes. Corolla ± actinomorphic, with contorted aestivation in bud, usually white with purple or pink markings. Stamens 4. Ovary 2-locular with 2 ovules per loculus. Seeds with hygroscopic 1-seriate hairs.

Worldwide: 15 species in the palaeotropics

Zambia: 1 taxon.

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Species	FZ divisions	Provinces	Content
confertiflora (Lindau) C.B.Clarke	N	Mc	Description, Image

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Flora of Malawi: Acanthopale
Flora of Mozambique: Acanthopale
Flora of Rwanda: Acanthopale
Flora of Zimbabwe: Acanthopale

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Tropicos: Acanthopale
Wikipedia: Acanthopale

Copyright: Mike Bingham, Annette Willemen, Nicholas Wightman, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Mark Hyde, 2011-24

Bingham, M.G., Willemen, A., Wightman, N., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. and Hyde, M.A. (2024). Flora of Zambia: Genus page: Acanthopale.
https://www.zambiaflora.com/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=1335, retrieved 21 November 2024

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