7622.000 Buchnera L.

Description of the genus

Annual or perennial herbs, often scabrid and turning black on drying. Leaves alternate or opposite, simple. Inflorescence spicate or with flowers in ± spherical clusters or flowers solitary and axillary. Calyx tubular, 10-ribbed, 4-5-lobed. Corolla with cylindric tube and 5 ± equal lobes. Stamens 4; anthers strictly 1-thecous. Fruit a capsule, without a beak.

Worldwide: c. 100 species in the tropics and subtropics

Caprivi: 10 cultivated taxa.

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Species	Content
affinis De Wild.
capitata Benth.
cryptocephala (Baker) Philcox[Agg]
hispida Buch.-Ham. ex D. Don	Description, Image
keilii Mildbr.
lastii Engl.[Agg]
libenii Mielcarek
nuttii Skan
quadrifaria Baker	Description, Image
usuiensis Oliv.

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Flora of Botswana: Buchnera
Flora of Caprivi: Buchnera
Flora of Malawi: Buchnera
Flora of Mozambique: Buchnera
Flora of Zambia: Buchnera
Flora of Zimbabwe: Buchnera

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