5056.000 Hermannia L.

Description of the genus

Herbs or small shrubs. Stipules present (in ours). Leaves ± entire or dentate. Flowers bisexual, yellow, reddish, purplish or white, 1-several on axillary peduncles. Bracts 1 or 2 on the peduncle or 0 (kirkii). Calyx 5-lobed. Petals 5. Filaments variously shaped. Ovary 5-locular. Capsule dehiscent with 5 valves.

Derivation of name: Named after Paul Herman (1640-1695), Prof. of botany in Leyden and early collector at the Cape.

Worldwide: Over 100 species in tropical and warm areas

Caprivi: 6 taxa.

The larvae of the following species of insect eat species of this genus:
Hyalites eponina (Dancing acraea or Small orange acraea)
Hermannia eenii

Links to taxa:     View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this genus

SpeciesContent
boraginiflora Hook.Description
eenii Baker f.Description, Image
glanduligera K. Schum.Description, Image
modesta (Ehrenb.) Mast.Description, Image
quartiniana A. Rich.Description, Image
tomentosa (Turcz.) Schinz ex Engl.

Other sources of information about Hermannia:

Our websites:

Flora of Botswana: Hermannia
Flora of Malawi: Hermannia
Flora of Mozambique: Hermannia
Flora of Zambia: Hermannia
Flora of Zimbabwe: Hermannia

External websites:

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Hermannia
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Hermannia
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Hermannia
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Hermannia
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Hermannia
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Hermannia
JSTOR Plant Science: Hermannia
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Hermannia
Plants of the World Online: Hermannia
Tropicos: Hermannia
Wikipedia: Hermannia

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: Genus page: Hermannia.
https://www.capriviflora.com/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=951, retrieved 19 March 2024

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