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7012.000 Cobaea
Description of the genus
Shrubs, climbing via tendrils. Leaves alternate, pinnatisect, usually ending in a branched tendril. Flowers violet to bright green or white, solitary, borne on long peduncles in the axils. Calyx large, 5-parted; segments leaf-like. Corolla campanulate or broadly cylindric, 5-lobed. Stamens and style declinate, exserted. Capsule leathery, 3-valved. Seeds broadly winged. Derivation of name: named after Father Cobo, a 17th century Spanish naturalist Worldwide: c. 10 species in tropical America Zimbabwe: 1 taxon. |
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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): CobaeaBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Cobaea
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Cobaea
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Cobaea
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iNaturalist: Cobaea
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Cobaea
JSTOR Plant Science: Cobaea
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Cobaea
Plants of the World Online: Cobaea
Tropicos: Cobaea
Wikipedia: Cobaea
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