e-Key v3 - Campylostachys
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Stilbaceae - Stilboideae - Campylostachys Kunth

Description :

  • Ericoid, lignotuberous, multistemmed shrublets
  • Leaves ericoid, patent, in whorls of 4, linear-acute
  • Inflorescence a terminal subcernuous, globose spike
  • Flowers sessile, subtended by 2 opposite, lanceolate-acute floral bracts
  • Calyx glabrous, sticky; sepals free, imbricate, narrowly lanceolate-cymbiform, apices acute
  • Corolla regular, broadly tubular, of 4 equal, glabrous petals, tube and petals approximately same length; throat fringed with a ring of pubescence
  • Stamens 4
  • Ovary ovoid-cylindric, slightly compressed, 2-locular with a single basal ovule in each locule; style straight, terete, glabrous

Nomenclature:

  • Campylostachys Kunth
    • Kunth: 207 (1832)
    • Pearson: 183 (1901)

Distribution & Notes:

  • Southern Africa : Species 1: Campylostachys cernua (L.f.) Kunth, Western Cape

References:

  • KUNTH, C.S. 1832 ('1831'). Die Verwandschaft der Gattung Stilbe und die Nothwendigkeit, sie als den Anfang einer neuen Familie zu betrachten. Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften in Berlin 1831
  • PEARSON, H.H.W. 1901. Verbenaceae . Flora capensis 5, 1