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7949.000 Acanthopale
Description of the genus
Shrubs or subshrubs. Leaves with caudate apex and cuneate base; margin entire. Inflorescence spike-like, terminal or axillary. Bracts longer than calyx. Calyx divided ± to base into linear lobes. Corolla ± actinomorphic, with contorted aestivation in bud, usually white with purple or pink markings. Stamens 4. Ovary 2-locular with 2 ovules per loculus. Seeds with hygroscopic 1-seriate hairs. Worldwide: 15 species in the palaeotropics Caprivi: 1 cultivated taxon. |
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| pubescens (Lindau) C.B. Clarke | Description, Image |
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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): AcanthopaleBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Acanthopale
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Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Acanthopale
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