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HOFFMANNSEGGIA sensu auct. afr. non Cav.
Unarmed herbs or low shrubs. Stipules fringed, serrate or laciniate. Leaves 2-pinnate, imparipinnate; leaflets opposite. Inflorescences of terminal or leaf-opposed racemes. Flowers bisexual, pink to red. Calyx lobes 5, unequal, the lower larger, ± boat-shaped, enclosing the flower.Petals 5, unequal; upper ± funnel-shaped, others in lateral pairs. Stamens 10. Pods flat, longitudinally dehiscent, often glandular. Worldwide: 16 species, 9 in N America, 4 in S America and 3 in southern Africa. Zimbabwe: 2 taxa. |
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Species | FZ divisions | Content |
burchellii (DC.) B.B. Simpson & G.P. Lewis subsp. burchellii | W | Description, Image |
burchellii B.B. Simpson & G.P. Lewis subsp. rubro-violacea (Baker f.) Brummitt | W |
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