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Plumbaginaceae - Staticoideae - Afrolimon Lincz.

Description :

  • Perennial dwarf shrubs or shrubs
  • Inflorescence corymbose
  • Spikes short; spicules laxly arranged, 1-flowered, 3-bracteate
  • Calyx broadly infundibuliform, after anthesis expanded; tube 5-costate
  • Styles free from the base, glabrous
  • Stigmas very small, capitate

Nomenclature:

  • Afrolimon Lincz.
    • Linczevski: 167 (1979)
    • Kubitzki: 529 (1993)
  • Statice section Circinaria Boiss.
    • Boissier: 617 (1848)

Distribution & Notes:

  • Southern Africa : Species ± 7, endemic to Northern and Western Cape

References:

  • BOISSIER, P.E. 1848. Plumbaginaceae . In A. de Candolle, Prodromus 12. V. Masson & Sons, Paris
  • KUBITZKI, K. 1993. Plumbaginaceae . In K. Kubitzki, J.G. Rohwer & V. Bittrich, The families and genera of vascular plants - dicotyledons , Vol. 2. Springer-Verlag, Berlin
  • LINCZEVSKI, I.A. 1979. Notulae de Limoniaceis. Novosti Sistematiki Vysshikh Rasttenij 16