7345.010 Endostemon N.E.Br.

Description of the genus

Perennial herbs or soft shrublets. Leaves opposite. Inflorescences lax terminal or axillary racemes. Flowers in 2-6-flowered whorls; bracts persistent. Calyx 5-toothed, 2-lipped, accrescent; upper tooth largest, ovate, erect; 4 lower teeth equal, horizontal, lanceolate-triangular or subulate. Corolla ± equally 4-lobed; lobes flat. Stamens 4, included in corolla tube. Nutlets subcircular or oblong.

Worldwide: 17 species in tropical and South Africa and India

Angola: 1 taxon.

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Species	Provinces	Content
palustris A.J.Paton & Goyder [End]	BI,MO

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Flora of Botswana: Endostemon
Flora of Burundi: Endostemon
Flora of the DRC: Endostemon
Flora of Kenya: Endostemon
Flora of Malawi: Endostemon
Flora of Mozambique: Endostemon
Flora of Tanzania: Endostemon
Flora of Uganda: Endostemon
Flora of Zambia: Endostemon
Flora of Zimbabwe: Endostemon

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