Leaves
alternate, auricled at base or petiole amplexicaul
Inflorescence
a terminal elongate spike or raceme
Calyx
5-lobed, tubular, outside covered with setae, mostly glandular, sessile or stalked glands, hyaline between the 5-ribs, persistent
Corolla
funnel-shaped, 5 lobes spreading, tube longer than calyx; blue, red or white
Stamens
free, broadened at base; filaments filiform from a dilated base pressed to ovary; anthers linear-oblong
Ovary
± conical; style terminal, filiform, hairy, divided above into 5 branches, stigmatic along their inner surface; distyly occurs
Capsule
membranous, circumscissile near base, the caducous part often splitting towards apex with 5 valves
x = 7 (6, 8) (polyploidy)
Nomenclature:
Plumbago
L.
Linnaeus: 151 (1753)
Linnaeus: (1754)
Jussieu: 92 (1789)
Brown: 425 (1810)
Endlicher: 349 (1837)
Boissier: 690 (1848)
Hooker: 624 (1876)
Oliver: 486 (1877)
Wright: 424 (1906)
Dyer: 16 (1963)
Roessler & Schreiber: 3 (1967)
Kubitzki: 527 (1993)
Distribution & Notes:
Global
: Species ± 24, in warmer regions of both hemispheres
Southern Africa
: Species 5, widespread in all countries and provinces, rarely common
References:
BOISSIER, P.E. 1848.
Plumbaginaceae
. In A. de Candolle,
Prodromus
12. V. Masson & Sons, Paris
BROWN, R. 1810.
Plumbagineae
Juss.
Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et Insulae van-Diemen
1. J. Johnson & Co., London
DYER, R.A. 1963.
Plumbaginaceae
.
Flora of southern Africa
26
ENDLICHER, S.L. 1837.
Plumbagineae
.
Genera plantarum secundum ordines naturales disposita
1. Fr. Beck, Vienna
HOOKER, J.D. 1876.
Plumbagineae
. In G. Bentham & J.D. Hooker,
Genera plantarum
2. Lovell Reeve & Co., London
JUSSIEU, A.L. DE. 1789. Plumbagines, les dentelaires.
Genera plantarum secundum ordines naturales disposita
. Herissant & Barrois, 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
LINNAEUS, C. 1753.
Species plantarum
. Laurentius Salvius, Stockholm
LINNAEUS, C. 1754.
Genera plantarum
, edn 5. Laurentius Salvius, Stockholm
OLIVER, D. 1877.
Plumbaginaceae
.
Flora of tropical Africa
3
ROESSLER, H. & SCHREIBER, A. 1967.
Plumbaginaceae
.
Prodromus einer Flora von Südwestafrika
105
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