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7401.000 Physalis
Description of the genus
Annual to perennial herbs, sometimes shrubby. Leaves simple, entire to coarsely and irregularly dentate. Flowers solitary, axillary. Calyx campanulate, 5-lobed, unwinged, strongly accrescent in fruit. Corolla broadly campanulate to funnel-shaped, shallowly to deeply lobed. Ovary 2-locular. Fruit a berry. Worldwide: c. 80 species, mostly New World; widely naturalised elsewhere |
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| Species | Links to maps | FZ divisions | Content |
| angulata L. | Altitude Rainfall Geology | N,W,S | |
| ixocarpa Hornem. | Altitude Rainfall Geology | W,C,E,S | Description, Image |
| lagascae Roem. & Schult. | Altitude Rainfall Geology | N,W,E | |
| peruviana L. | Altitude Rainfall Geology | N,W,C,E,S | Description, Image |
| philadelphica Lam. | Altitude Rainfall Geology | C,E | |
| viscosa L. | Altitude Rainfall Geology | W |
Other sources of information about Physalis:
Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Physalis pageFlora of Mozambique: Physalis
ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Physalis
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Physalis
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Physalis
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Physalis
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Physalis
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