8450.000 Otiophora Zucc.

Puff, C. in Verdcourt, B. (1988) Otiophora Flora Zambesiaca 5(1)

Description of the genus

Small shrubs, subshrubs or herbs. Leaves opposite and decussate or in whorls of 3. Flowers bisexual, not heterostylous, 4-5-merous. Calyx lobes unequal, one enlarged leaf-like, the others minute. Corolla with both stamens and style exserted. Fruit with crown of persistent calyx, splitting into two mericarps.

Worldwide: 20 species in tropical Africa and Madagascar

Zimbabwe: 4 taxa.

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Species	FZ divisions	Content
inyangana N.E. Br. subsp. inyangana [NrEnd]	E	Description, Image
inyangana N.E. Br. subsp. parvifolia (Verdc.) Puff[NrEnd]	E	Description, Image
lanceolata Verdc.[NrEnd][VU]	E	Description, Image
scabra Zucc. subsp. scabra	N,C,E,S	Description, Image

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