7949.000 Acanthopale C.B. Clarke

Description of the genus

Shrubs or subshrubs. Leaves with caudate apex and cuneate base; margin entire. Inflorescence spike-like, terminal or axillary. Bracts longer than calyx. Calyx divided ± to base into linear lobes. Corolla ± actinomorphic, with contorted aestivation in bud, usually white with purple or pink markings. Stamens 4. Ovary 2-locular with 2 ovules per loculus. Seeds with hygroscopic 1-seriate hairs.

Worldwide: 15 species in the palaeotropics

Malawi: 2 taxa.

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Species	FZ divisions	Content
confertiflora (Lindau) C.B.Clarke	N,C	Description, Image
pubescens (Lindau) C.B. Clarke		Description, Image

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