7909.000 Nelsonia R. Br.

Leistner, O.A. (ed.) (2000) Seed plants of southern Africa: families and genera Strelitzia 10

Description of the genus

Prostrate herb, rooting at the nodes, softly villous. Inflorescence a terminal spike, with closely overlapping bracts. Calyx zygomorphic; lobes 4, free almost to base; adaxial and abaxial lobes large, the adaxial often 2-fid; lateral lobes small. Corolla 2-lipped; lobes 5. Fertile stamens 2; anthers 2-thecous. Ovary with 8-10 ovules per loculus. Capsule oblong, slightly beaked. Seeds not borne on retinacula, with hygroscopic glochidiate hairs all over surface.

Worldwide: 1 species in the Old World tropics

Malawi: 3 taxa.

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Species	FZ divisions	Content
canescens (Lam.) Spreng.	N,C,S	Description, Image
gracilis Vollesen	N
smithii Oerst.	N

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Flora of Rwanda: Nelsonia
Flora of Zambia: Nelsonia
Flora of Zimbabwe: Nelsonia

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