Empogona Hook. f.

Clarke, H. & Charters, M. (ed. Moll, E.) (2016) The Illustrated Dictionary of Southern African Plant Names Jacana Media, South Africa

Description of the genus

Derivation of name: Gk. em- = within; pogon = bearded; referring to the funnel-shaped corolla tube - rather short, densely bearded at the throat.

Zimbabwe: 1 cultivated taxon.

No image of a cultivated species but there is an image of a native or naturalised species

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

SpeciesContent
lanceolata (Sond.) J. Tosh & Robbr.

Other sources of information about Empogona:

Our websites:

Flora of Botswana: Empogona
Flora of Caprivi: Empogona
Flora of Malawi: Empogona
Flora of Mozambique: Empogona
Flora of Zambia: Empogona
Flora of Zimbabwe: Empogona

External websites:

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

Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2002-23

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2023). Flora of Zimbabwe: Cultivated plants: genus page: Empogona.
https://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/cult/genus.php?genus_id=1854, retrieved 21 March 2023

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