7973.000 Barleria L.

Description of the genus

Small shrubs or suffrutices. Leaves opposite. Flowers usually in cymes, or solitary and axillary, or in terminal spikes or heads with reduced leaves; bracts and bracteoles sometimes spiny. Calyx 4-partite; segments unequal, leaf-like or membranous, sometimes spiny, the two outer enclosing the inner. Corolla ± actinomorphic, 4-5-lobed or ± 2-lipped, with a tubular base; lobes obovate, sometimes unequal. Stamens 2 or 4, not didynamous. Ovary 2-locular with 2 ovules per loculus. Capsule solid in upper part; seeds flat with hygroscopic hairs.

Derivation of name: After Jacques Barrelier (1606-1673), a Dominican monk and French botanist

Worldwide: 250 species in the tropics

Zambia: 31 taxa.

Insects associated with this genus:
Sarangesa motozi (Forest elfin) Larval foodplant
Barleria mackenii

Links to taxa:     View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this genus

SpeciesFZ divisionsContent
aenea I. Darbysh.N
ameliae A. MeeuseN,E,SDescription, Image
boehmii LindauN
calophylloides Lindau subsp. calophylloides N
capitata KlotzschSDescription, Image
crassa C.B. Clarke subsp. crassa B,N,W,C,SDescription, Image
crassa C.B. Clarke subsp. mbalensis I. Darbysh.N
crassa C.B. Clarke subsp. ramulosoides I. Darbysh.N,C
descampsii LindauN,WDescription, Image
fulvostellata C.B. Clarke subsp. axillaris I. Darbysh.N,C,E
glutinosa Champl.C,E
holstii LindauNImage
kaessneri S. MooreW
lugardii C.B.ClarkeDescription, Image
mackenii Hook.f.B,C,SDescription, Image
matopensis S.MooreSDescription, Image
phaylopsis Milne-Redh.B,N,WDescription, Image
purpureotincta I. Darbysh.B,S
rhodesiaca Oberm.SImage
richardsiae I. Darbysh.N
sceptrum-katanganum Champl.W
senensis KlotzschC,E,SDescription, Image
sp. A N
sp. B E
sp. C N
spinulosa Klotzsch subsp. kirkii (T.Anderson) I.Darbysh. C,SImage
spinulosa Klotzsch subsp. spinulosa N,W,C,E,SDescription, Image
sunzuana Brummitt & SeyaniN
taitensis S. Moore subsp. rogersii (S.Moore) I.Darbysh.S
velutina Champl.WDescription, Image
ventricosa Hochst. ex NeesDescription, Image

Other sources of information about Barleria:

Our websites:

Flora of Botswana: Barleria
Flora of Burundi: Barleria
Flora of Caprivi: Barleria
Flora of the DRC: Barleria
Flora of Malawi: Barleria
Flora of Mozambique: Barleria
Flora of Rwanda: Barleria
Flora of Zimbabwe: Barleria
Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Barleria

External websites:

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Barleria
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Barleria
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Barleria
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Barleria
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Barleria
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Barleria
JSTOR Plant Science: Barleria
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Barleria
Plants of the World Online: Barleria
Tropicos: Barleria
Wikipedia: Barleria

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: Barleria.
https://www.zambiaflora.com/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=1340, retrieved 2 April 2025

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