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7001.000 Lepistemon
Description of the genus
Herbaceous or woody climbers. Leaves petiolate, entire or lobed; base often cordate. Flowers in dense axillary cymes. Sepals 5. Corolla urceolate, constricted at apex of the tube; limb shortly 5-lobed. Stamens borne low down in the corolla tube, widened basally into large concave scales, arching over the ovary. Ovary 2-locular. Style 1; stigmas 2 or 1 2-lobed. Capsule 4-valved or almost indehiscent. Worldwide: 10 species in the Old World tropics Zimbabwe: 1 taxon. |
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| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| owariense (P. Beauv.) Hallier f. | E,S | Description, Image |
Other sources of information about Lepistemon:
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Flora of Caprivi: cultivated LepistemonFlora of Malawi: Lepistemon
Flora of Mozambique: Lepistemon
Flora of Zambia: Lepistemon
External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): LepistemonBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Lepistemon
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Lepistemon
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Lepistemon
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Lepistemon
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Lepistemon
JSTOR Plant Science: Lepistemon
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Lepistemon
Plants of the World Online: Lepistemon
Tropicos: Lepistemon
Wikipedia: Lepistemon
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