7046.000 Coldenia L.

Description of the genus

Annual herb with procumbent branched stems. Leaves alternate, crenate or lobed. Flowers 4-merous, solitary, extra-axillary. Calyx deeply lobed. Corolla actinomorphic, white. Ovary entire or subentire. Styles 2. Stigmas capitate. Fruit ovoid-pyramidal, 4-lobed.

Worldwide: 1 species in the tropical areas of Africa, Asia and Australia

Coldenia procumbens

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procumbens L.NDescription, Image

Other sources of information about Coldenia:

Flora of Mozambique: Coldenia
ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Coldenia
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Coldenia
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Coldenia
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Coldenia
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Coldenia

Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings, 2002-13

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. & Ballings, P. (2013). Flora of Zimbabwe: Genus page: Coldenia.
http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=1194, retrieved 24 May 2013

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