5435.000 Gnidia L.

Description of the genus

Shrubs or perennial herbs arising from a woody base or rhizome. Leaves alternate, rarely opposite. Inflorescences consisting of bracteate few-many-flowered heads. Flowers bisexual, 4-5-merous. Calyx-tube cylindric, usually articulated above the ovary, lobes coloured. Petals alternating with the calyx lobes, sometimes 0. Stamens in 2 whorls in the throat of the calyx tube. Fruit dry, small.

Derivation of name: named after the Greek city Knidos

Worldwide: 140 species in tropical and South Africa, Madagascar extending to Sri Lanka

Zambia: 10 taxa.

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Species	FZ divisions	Content
chrysantha (Solms ex Schweinf.) Gilg	B,N,W,C,E,S	Description, Image
dumicola S.Moore	B,W
glauca (Fresen.) Gilg var. glauca	N	Description, Image
goetzeana Gilg	N,W,C
gossweileri (S.Moore) B.Peterson subsp. petersonii Verdc.	W
involucrata Steud. ex A. Rich.	B,N,W,C,E,S	Description, Image
kraussiana Meisn. var. kraussiana	B,N,W,C,E,S	Description, Image
kraussiana Meisn. var. mollissima (E.A.Bruce) A.Robyns	N,W	Description
microcephala Meisn.	N	Description, Image
mollis C.H. Wright	N	Description, Image

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