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8136.140 Agathisanthemum
Description of the genus
Perennial herbs or subshrubs. Leaves subsessile; stipule a sheath bearing 3-15 fimbriae. Flowers often heterostylous, borne in cymes or corymbs or subspherical heads. Calyx with 4 ovate-triangular lobes. Corolla tubular, 4-lobed, often with additional filament-like lobes between. Ovary 2(-3)-locular; ovules numerous in each loculus. Fruit a subspherical capsule, with a conical beak which opens both loculicidally and septicidally. Worldwide: Probably only 3 species, confined to tropical Africa and the Comoro Is. Zambia: 4 taxa. |
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| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| bojeri Klotzsch[Agg] | B,N,C,S | Description, Image |
| bojeri Klotzsch var. linearifolia Verdc. [End] | N | Description |
| bojeri Klotzsch subsp. angolense (Bremek.) Verdc. var. angolense | Description | |
| globosum (Hochst. ex A. Rich.) Bremek. | B,N,W,C,S | Description, Image |
Other sources of information about Agathisanthemum:
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Flora of Burundi: AgathisanthemumFlora of Malawi: Agathisanthemum
Flora of Mozambique: Agathisanthemum
Flora of Zimbabwe: Agathisanthemum
External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): AgathisanthemumBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Agathisanthemum
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Agathisanthemum
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Agathisanthemum
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Agathisanthemum
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Agathisanthemum
JSTOR Plant Science: Agathisanthemum
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Agathisanthemum
Plants of the World Online: Agathisanthemum
Tropicos: Agathisanthemum
Wikipedia: Agathisanthemum
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