6857.000 Oxypetalum R. Br.

Description of the genus

Erect annual or perennial herbs, latex white. Roots fibrous. Leaves petiolate, blade herbaceous. Inflorescence umbelliform; corolla campanulate to salver-shaped, tube cylindric; lobes free at tips. Seeds flattened, oblong.

Worldwide: Over 100 species in Central and South America, one species naturalised in Australia.

Zimbabwe: 1 cultivated taxon.

 No image yet

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

SpeciesContent
coeruleum (D. Don ex Sweet) Decne.

Other sources of information about Oxypetalum:

External websites:

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Oxypetalum
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Oxypetalum
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Oxypetalum
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Oxypetalum
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Oxypetalum
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Oxypetalum
JSTOR Plant Science: Oxypetalum
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Oxypetalum
Plants of the World Online: Oxypetalum
Tropicos: Oxypetalum
Wikipedia: Oxypetalum
Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2002-25

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2025). Flora of Zimbabwe: Cultivated plants: genus page: Oxypetalum.
https://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/cult/genus.php?genus_id=1683, retrieved 5 December 2025

Site software last modified: 24 June 2025 6:53pm (GMT +2)
Terms of use