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Puff, C. in Verdcourt, B. (1988) Anthospermum Flora Zambesiaca 5(1)
Shrubs or perennial herbs. Leaves opposite and decussate or in whorls of 3(-4), but often appearing to be more numerous because of leafy short shoots at the nodes. Stipules composed of sheaths bearing 1-many setae or fimbriae. Inflorescence usually leafy and inconspicuous, made up of subsessile cymes. Flowers unisexual or bisexual. Style 0. Stigmas very long-exserted. Fruit crowned by persistent calyx lobes and supported by a U-shaped carpophore, splitting into 2 mericarps. Worldwide: 40 species in Africa and Madagascar Malawi: 7 taxa. |
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| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| herbaceum L.f. | N,C,S | Description, Image |
| ternatum Hiern subsp. randii (S. Moore) Puff | N,C | Description, Image |
| ternatum Hiern subsp. ternatum | N,S | |
| usambarense K.Schum. | N | Description, Image |
| welwitschii Hiern | N,S | |
| whyteanum Britten | N,C,S | Description, Image |
| whyteanum × welwitschii | S | Description |
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