3807.010 Droogmansia De Wild.

Description of the genus

Perennial herbs, subshrubs or shrubs. Stipules and stipels present. Leaves 1-foliolate; petiole nearly always conspicuously winged and thus appearing like a second lower leaf lamina. Inflorescences consisting of terminal or axillary false racemes or panicles. calyx 5-lobed, 2-lipped; upper lip 2-fid, composed of 2 connate lobes; lower lip 3-fid. Corolla white to purple. Ovary 2-many-ovulate. Pod 1-9 jointed, splitting transversely, borne on a long plumose stipe.

Worldwide: c. 28 weakly defined species, all tropical African apart from 1 Indo-Chinese.

Malawi: 4 taxa.

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Species	FZ divisions	Content
pteropus (Baker) De Wild.[Agg]	N,C	Description, Image
pteropus (Baker) De Wild. var. whytei (Schindl.) Verdc.	N,C
pteropus (Baker) De Wild. var. platypus (Baker) Verdc.	N
pteropus (Baker) De Wild. var. pteropus	N,C	Description, Image

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Flora of Burundi: Droogmansia
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Flora of Zimbabwe: Droogmansia

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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Droogmansia
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Droogmansia
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Droogmansia
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IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Droogmansia
JSTOR Plant Science: Droogmansia
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Droogmansia
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Tropicos: Droogmansia
Wikipedia: Droogmansia