7622.000 Buchnera
Description of the genus
Annual or perennial herbs, often scabrid and turning black on drying. Leaves alternate or opposite, simple. Inflorescence spicate or with flowers in ± spherical clusters or flowers solitary and axillary. Calyx tubular, 10-ribbed, 4-5-lobed. Corolla with cylindric tube and 5 ± equal lobes. Stamens 4; anthers strictly 1-thecous. Fruit a capsule, without a beak. Worldwide: c. 100 species in the tropics and subtropics Zimbabwe: 20 taxa. |
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| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| androsacea Merxm. [End] [DD] | C | Description |
| bangweolensis R.E. Fr. | N,C | |
| buchneroides (S. Moore) Brenan | N,W,C | |
| candida S. Moore | N | |
| chimanimaniensis Philcox [NrEnd] | E | Description, Image |
| cryptocephala (Baker) Philcox var. cryptocephala | N | Description, Image |
| eylesii S. Moore | N,C,E,S | Description, Image |
| granitica S. Moore [End] [VU] | C | Description |
| henriquesii Engl. | N,W,C,E | |
| hispida Buch.-Ham. ex D. Don | N,W,C,E,S | Description, Image |
| lastii Engl. subsp. lastii | E | |
| leptostachya Benth. | N | |
| longispicata Schinz | N,W,C,E,S | Description, Image |
| multicaulis Engl. | N,E | |
| pusilliflora S. Moore [End] [DD] | N,W,C | |
| randii S. Moore | N,W,C,E,S | |
| speciosa Skan | E | |
| strictissima Engl. & Gilg | W,C | |
| subglabra Philcox [NrEnd] | E | Image |
| wildii Philcox [NrEnd] | E | Image |
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