7064.000 Cynoglossum L.

Description of the genus

Annual, biennial or perennial herbs. Leaves alternate. Inflorescence of scorpioid cymes. Flowers bisexual. Calyx 5-lobed, not or only slightly accrescent. Corolla tube short, cylindric or funnel-shaped, closed with 5 scales at the throat; lobes 5. Ovary of 4 separate lobes. Style gynobasic. Fruit of 4 nutlets; nutlets depressed, glochidiate.

Worldwide: c. 75 species in temperate and warm regions, mainly Old World

Caprivi: 4 cultivated taxa.

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Species	Content
amplifolium Hochst. ex A. DC.	Description, Image
coeruleum Hochst. ex A.DC.[Agg]
coeruleum A.DC. subsp. johnstonii (Baker) Verdc.
lanceolatum Forssk.	Description, Image

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Flora of Malawi: Cynoglossum
Flora of Mozambique: Cynoglossum
Flora of Zambia: Cynoglossum
Flora of Zimbabwe: Cynoglossum

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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Cynoglossum
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Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Cynoglossum
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