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Stilbaceae - Stilboideae - Kogelbergia Rourke

Description:

  • Single-stemmed or multistemmed, lignotuberous shrublets
  • Leaves ericoid, in whorls of 5-7, narrowly lanceolate-linear
  • Inflorescence a sessile, globose or ovoid terminal spike
  • Flowers sessile, subtended by 2 opposite floral bracts
  • Calyx regular; sepals 5, either free or fused and tubular at base
  • Corolla regular, funnelform, 5-lobed, glabrous externally but inner surface of lobes densely pubescent; throat fringed with a dense ring of pubescence
  • Stamens 4, exserted; posterior stamen 0
  • Ovary ovoid, bilaterally flattened, 1-locular with 2 basal, erect ovules; style straight, terete

Nomenclature:

  • Kogelbergia Rourke
    • Rourke: 12 (2000)
  • Stilbe P.J.Bergius sect. Amphistilbe A.DC.
    • Candolle: 606 (1848)

Distribution & Notes:

  • Southern Africa: Species 2, Western Cape

References:

  • CANDOLLE, A. DE. 1848. Stilbaceae. Prodromus 12
  • ROURKE, J.P. 2000. A review of generic concepts in the Stilbaceae. Bothalia 30

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