7148.030 Chascanum
PLEXIPUS Raf.
Description of the genus
Herbs or subshrubs. Leaves opposite-decussate, simple, lobed or pinnatipartite. Flowers in long terminal spikes or shorter spike-like racemes. Calyx tubular, conspicuous. Corolla white or yellowish, funnel- or salver-shaped.Stamens 4. Fruit a schizocarp, enclosed within the persistent calyx; mericarps 2, ribbed on the outer surface, 1-seeded, separating from or remaining united to each other. Worldwide: c.25 species, mainly Africa, but also occurring in Madagascar, Arabia, Pakistan and India Zimbabwe: 5 taxa. |
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| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| adenostachyum (Schauer) Moldenke | W | |
| hederaceum (Sond.) Moldenke var. hederaceum | W,S | Description, Image |
| hederaceum (Sond.) Moldenke var. natalense (H. Pearson) Moldenke | W | |
| pinnatifidum (L.f.) E. Mey. var. pinnatifidum | W,E,S | Description, Image |
| pinnatifidum (L.f.) E. Mey. var. racemosum (Moldenke) R.R. Fern. | W,S |
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