Flora of Caprivi: Cultivated plants
| Home | > | List of cultivated families | > | Rubiaceae | > | Mitrasacmopsis |
Mitrasacmopsis
Bridson, D.M. & Verdcourt, B. (2003) Rubiaceae, Part 3 Flora Zambesiaca 5(3)
Description of the genus
Annual herb with short erect branched stems. Leaves paired, elliptic or elliptic-lanceolate; stipules with 2–4 fimbriae from a short base. Inflorescence in small, usually few-flowered terminal cymes. Flowers small, calyx tube ovoid, lobes 4, triangular-lanceolate; corolla tube very short, lobes ovate, throat hairy. Fruit a capsule bilobed at the base, with a very distinct compressed central beak. Seeds few, compressed subglobose, bluntly angular, distinctly reticulately pitted. Worldwide: One species in tropical Africa and Madagascar. Caprivi: 1 cultivated taxon. |
 |
Links to cultivated taxa View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this genus
| Species | Content |
| quadrivalvis Jovet | Description, Image |
Other sources of information about Mitrasacmopsis:
Our websites:
Flora of Mozambique: MitrasacmopsisFlora of Zambia: Mitrasacmopsis
External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): MitrasacmopsisBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Mitrasacmopsis
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Mitrasacmopsis
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Mitrasacmopsis
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Mitrasacmopsis
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Mitrasacmopsis
JSTOR Plant Science: Mitrasacmopsis
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Mitrasacmopsis
Plants of the World Online: Mitrasacmopsis
Tropicos: Mitrasacmopsis
Wikipedia: Mitrasacmopsis
| Home | > | List of cultivated families | > | Rubiaceae | > | Mitrasacmopsis |