7148.030 Chascanum E. Mey.

Description of the genus

Herbs or subshrubs. Leaves opposite-decussate, simple, lobed or pinnatipartite. Flowers in long terminal spikes or shorter spike-like racemes. Calyx tubular, conspicuous. Corolla white or yellowish, funnel- or salver-shaped.Stamens 4. Fruit a schizocarp, enclosed within the persistent calyx; mericarps 2, ribbed on the outer surface, 1-seeded, separating from or remaining united to each other.

Worldwide: c.25 species, mainly Africa, but also occurring in Madagascar, Arabia, Pakistan and India

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Species	Links to maps	FZ divisions	Content
adenostachyum (Schauer) Moldenke	Altitude Rainfall Geology	W
hederaceum (Sond.) Moldenke var. hederaceum	Altitude Rainfall Geology	W,S
hederaceum (Sond.) Moldenke var. natalense (H. Pearson) Moldenke	Altitude Rainfall Geology	W
pinnatifidum (L.f.) E. Mey. var. pinnatifidum	Altitude Rainfall Geology	W,E,S	Description, Image
pinnatifidum (L.f.) E. Mey. var. racemosum (Moldenke) R.R. Fern.	Altitude Rainfall Geology	W,S

Other sources of information about Chascanum:

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