Anisosepalum E. Hossain

Description of the genus

Perennial or shrubby herbs. Leaves simple, opposite or in whorls with scattered orange glands beneath. Flowers one per bract, alternate, in terminal cymes; bracts fused to the pedicel. Calyx deeply divided into five unequal sepals. Corolla 2-lipped with linear tube. Ovary 2-locular. Seed black, ovoid, flattened.

Worldwide: 3 species in tropical central Africa

Caprivi: 5 cultivated taxa.

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alboviolaceum (Benoist) E.Hossain
humbertii (Mildbr.) E.Hossain
humbertii (Mildbr.) E.Hossain subsp. humbertii
humbertii (Mildbr.) E.Hossain subsp. zambiense Champluvier
lewallei Bamps

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Flora of Zambia: Anisosepalum

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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Anisosepalum
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IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Anisosepalum
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Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Anisosepalum
Plants of the World Online: Anisosepalum
Tropicos: Anisosepalum
Wikipedia: Anisosepalum

Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2014-24

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Caprivi: Cultivated plants: genus page: Anisosepalum.
https://www.capriviflora.com/cult/genus.php?genus_id=1905, retrieved 3 May 2024

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