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7973.000 Barleria
Description of the genus
Small shrubs or suffrutices. Leaves opposite. Flowers usually in cymes, or solitary and axillary, or in terminal spikes or heads with reduced leaves; bracts and bracteoles sometimes spiny. Calyx 4-partite; segments unequal, leaf-like or membranous, sometimes spiny, the two outer enclosing the inner. Corolla ± actinomorphic, 4-5-lobed or ± 2-lipped, with a tubular base; lobes obovate, sometimes unequal. Stamens 2 or 4, not didynamous. Ovary 2-locular with 2 ovules per loculus. Capsule solid in upper part; seeds flat with hygroscopic hairs. Worldwide: 250 species in the tropics |
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| Species | Links to maps | FZ divisions | Content |
| affinis C.B. Clarke | Altitude Rainfall Geology | W | Description, Image |
| albostellata C.B. Clarke[NrEnd?] | Altitude Rainfall Geology | N,W,E,S | Description, Image |
| ameliae A. Meeuse | Altitude Rainfall Geology | N,W,C,E,S | Description, Image |
| aromatica Oberm.[End][DD] | Altitude Rainfall Geology | N,E,S | Image |
| bremekampii Oberm. | Altitude Rainfall Geology | W | |
| capitata Klotzsch | Altitude Rainfall Geology | N,W | Description, Image |
| crassa C.B. Clarke subsp. crassa | Altitude Rainfall Geology | N,C,E,S | Image |
| crossandriformis C.B.Clarke | Altitude Rainfall Geology | S | Description, Image |
| elegans C.B. Clarke subsp. orientalis I.Darbysh. ined. | Altitude Rainfall Geology | S | Description, Image |
| eylesii S.Moore[End] | Altitude Rainfall Geology | W,E,S | Image |
| heterotricha Lindau | Altitude Rainfall Geology | E,S | |
| hirta Oberm. | Altitude Rainfall Geology | C,E,S | Description, Image |
| holstii Lindau | Altitude Rainfall Geology | E | Image |
| holubii C.B. Clarke subsp. holubii | Altitude Rainfall Geology | W | Description, Image |
| hydeana I. Darbysh. ined.[End] | Altitude Rainfall Geology | C | |
| lancifolia T. Anderson | Altitude Rainfall Geology | E,S | Description, Image |
| lugardii C.B.Clarke | Altitude Rainfall Geology | W | Description, Image |
| mackenii Hook.f. | Altitude Rainfall Geology | N,W,C,S | Description, Image |
| macrostegia Nees | Altitude Rainfall Geology | W,C | Image |
| matopensis S.Moore | Altitude Rainfall Geology | N,W,C,E,S | Description, Image |
| molensis Wild[End][LR-lc] | Altitude Rainfall Geology | C | Image |
| quadriloba Oberm. | Altitude Rainfall Geology | S | |
| randii S. Moore | Altitude Rainfall Geology | W,S | Description, Image |
| rhodesiaca Oberm. | Altitude Rainfall Geology | N,W | Image |
| senensis Klotzsch | Altitude Rainfall Geology | N,W,E,S | Description, Image |
| spinulosa Klotzsch subsp. kirkii (T.Anderson) I.Darbysh. ined. | Altitude Rainfall Geology | N,W,C,E,S | Image |
| spinulosa Klotzsch subsp. spinulosa | Altitude Rainfall Geology | N,W,C,E,S | Description, Image |
| taitensis S. Moore subsp. rogersii (S.Moore) I.Darbysh. ined. | Altitude Rainfall Geology | N,W,S | |
| ventricosa Hochst. ex Nees | Altitude Rainfall Geology | N,W,C,E,S | Description, Image |
| virgula C.B. Clarke | Altitude Rainfall Geology | E,S |
Other sources of information about Barleria:
Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Barleria pageFlora of Mozambique: Barleria
ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Barleria
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Barleria
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Barleria
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Barleria
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Barleria
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