2074.070 Pedistylis Wiens

Description of the genus

Glabrous, hemiparasitic shrubs. Flowers 2, in clusters or umbels, 5-merous; bract cup-sjaped with a short limb. Corolla tubular below, the lobes radially arranged, spreading, later reflexed. Filaments curving outwards, attached near base of corolla lobes. Berry ellipsoid.

Worldwide: 1 species in southern Africa

Zimbabwe: 1 taxon.

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Species	FZ divisions	Content
galpinii (Sprague) Wiens	E

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Flora of Mozambique: Pedistylis

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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Pedistylis
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Pedistylis
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Pedistylis
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iNaturalist: Pedistylis
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Pedistylis
JSTOR Plant Science: Pedistylis
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Pedistylis
Plants of the World Online: Pedistylis
Tropicos: Pedistylis
Wikipedia: Pedistylis

Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2002-25

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2025). Flora of Zimbabwe: Genus page: Pedistylis.
https://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=493, retrieved 19 April 2025

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