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Leistner, O.A. (ed.) (2000) Seed plants of southern Africa: families and genera Strelitzia 10
Annual herbs, often laxly decumbent, hispid or setose. Leaves alternate, usually lanceolate. Flowers in terminal helicoid, usually ebracteate cymes. Calyx with 5 lanceolate lobes; accrescent. Corolla yellow or orange with a cylindric tube; lobes 5, swollen at base. Fruit of 5 nutlets, usually verrucose. Worldwide: About 15 species, mainly in Central America, 2 introduced to southern Africa. Zimbabwe: 1 taxon. |
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