2074.048 Spragueanella Balle

Description of the genus

Glabrous hemiparasitic shrubs with a single haustorial attachment. Flowers in axillary umbels; bract shortly cup-shaped, spurred below. Corolla 5-merous; usually banded with contrasting colours; tube short; lobes longer than the tube, without a marked V-split, reflexed. Berry obovoid.

Worldwide: 2 species in eastern and south-central Africa

Zimbabwe: 1 taxon.

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Species	FZ divisions	Content
rhamnifolia (Engl.) Balle	N,E

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Flora of Malawi: Spragueanella
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Flora Zambesiaca web site: Spragueanella
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Wikipedia: Spragueanella
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Spragueanella
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Spragueanella

Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2002-23

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2023). Flora of Zimbabwe: Genus page: Spragueanella.
https://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=488, retrieved 22 March 2023

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