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8007.000 Asystasia
Description of the genus
Herbs or shrubs. Inflorescence terminal or axillary, thyrses, cymes or solitary. Calyx actinomorphic, 5-lobed. Corolla ± actinomorphic or 2-lipped; campanulate above; rugula on upper lip indistinct; lobes 5. Fertile stamens 4, didynamous; anthers 2-thecous. Ovary with 2 ovules. Seeds without hygroscopic hairs. Worldwide: c. 70 species in the Old World tropics Zambia: 6 taxa. Insects associated with this genus:
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Links to taxa: View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this genus
| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| albiflora Ensermu | N,W | |
| glandulosa Lindau | B,N,W,C | Description, Image |
| intrusa (Forssk.) Blume | B,N,W,C,E,S | Description, Image |
| mysorensis (Roth) T. Anderson | W,C | Description, Image |
| welwitschii S. Moore | W | |
| zambiana Brummitt & Chisumpa | N,W |
Other sources of information about Asystasia:
Our websites:
Flora of Botswana: AsystasiaFlora of Burundi: Asystasia
Flora of Caprivi: Asystasia
Flora of the DRC: Asystasia
Flora of Malawi: Asystasia
Flora of Mozambique: Asystasia
Flora of Rwanda: Asystasia
Flora of Zimbabwe: Asystasia
Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Asystasia
External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): AsystasiaBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Asystasia
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Asystasia
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Asystasia
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Asystasia
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Asystasia
JSTOR Plant Science: Asystasia
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Asystasia
Plants of the World Online: Asystasia
Tropicos: Asystasia
Wikipedia: Asystasia
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