2074.052 Englerina Tiegh.

Description of the genus

Hemiparasitic shrubs, with simple hairs and a single haustorial attachment. Leaf lamina characteristically thin in texture. Flowers in pedunculate umbels, often standing up like candles from the horizontal branches; bract unilaterally developed. Corolla 4-lobed; tube split unilaterally with a V-slit, papillose inside.

Worldwide: 25 species in tropical Africa

Zambia: 4 taxa.

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Species	FZ divisions	Provinces	Content
concinna Polhill & Wiens		Lp,N
inaequilatera (Engl.) Gilli		Mc
kapiriensis (Balle) Polhill & Wiens		N
subquadrangularis (De Wild.) Polhill & Wiens		Nw

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Flora of Burundi: Englerina
Flora of Malawi: Englerina
Flora of Mozambique: Englerina
Flora of Zimbabwe: Englerina

External websites:

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

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: Englerina.
https://www.zambiaflora.com/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=490, retrieved 23 November 2024

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