7064.000 Cynoglossum
Description of the genus
Annual, biennial or perennial herbs. Leaves alternate. Inflorescence of scorpioid cymes. Flowers bisexual. Calyx 5-lobed, not or only slightly accrescent. Corolla tube short, cylindric or funnel-shaped, closed with 5 scales at the throat; lobes 5. Ovary of 4 separate lobes. Style gynobasic. Fruit of 4 nutlets; nutlets depressed, glochidiate. Worldwide: c. 75 species in temperate and warm regions, mainly Old World Zimbabwe: 6 taxa. |
 |
Links to taxa: View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this genus
| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| amplifolium Hochst. ex A. DC. | E | Description, Image |
| coeruleum A. DC. subsp. johnstonii (Baker) Verdc. var. mannii (Baker & C.H. Wright) Verdc. | E | |
| hispidum Thunb. | E | |
| inyangense E.S. Martins [End] | E | |
| lanceolatum Forssk. | N,W,C,E,S | Description, Image |
| wildii E.S. Martins [End] | E | Description |
Other sources of information about Cynoglossum:
Our websites:
Flora of Burundi: CynoglossumFlora of Malawi: Cynoglossum
Flora of Mozambique: Cynoglossum
Flora of Rwanda: Cynoglossum
Flora of Zambia: Cynoglossum
External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): CynoglossumBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Cynoglossum
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Cynoglossum
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Cynoglossum
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Cynoglossum
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Cynoglossum
JSTOR Plant Science: Cynoglossum
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Cynoglossum
Plants of the World Online: Cynoglossum
Tropicos: Cynoglossum
Wikipedia: Cynoglossum