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2376.000 Limeum
Description of the genus
Annual or perennial herbs or subshrubs. Stipules 0. Leaves alternate, opposite or fasciculate, often ± succulent. Inflorescences terminal or lateral, cymose, often umbel-like. Flowers bisexual, whitish or greenish. Per. segments generally unequal, 5 , free. Stamens (5-)7. Ovary superior, with two 1-ovulate loculi. Style 1. Stigmas 2. Fruit dehiscing into 2 mericarps. Mericarps indehiscent, 1-seeded with outer face reticulate, rugose, spine-tipped or ± smooth; base often auriculate; margin winged or not. Worldwide: 20 species, most in southern Africa, also tropical Africa, Arabia and Pakistan Zimbabwe: 11 taxa. |
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| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| aethiopicum Burm. f. var. aethiopicum | S | |
| argute-carinatum Wawra & Peyr. var. kwebense (N.E. Br.) Friedr. | S | |
| dinteri G. Schellenb. | S | |
| fenestratum (Fenzl) Heimerl var. fenestratum | N,W,C,E,S | Description, Image |
| fenestratum (Fenzl) Heimerl var. exalatum Friedr. | S | Description, Image |
| pterocarpum (J. Gay) Heimerl var. pterocarpum | W,E,S | Description, Image |
| sulcatum (Klotzsch) Hutch. var. sulcatum | W,E,S | Description, Image |
| sulcatum (Klotzsch) Hutch. var. scabridum (Klotzsch) Friedr. | E,S | Image |
| viscosum (J. Gay) Fenzl subsp. viscosum var. viscosum | C | Description |
| viscosum (J. Gay) Fenzl subsp. viscosum var. krausii Friedr. | W,C,S | Description, Image |
| viscosum (J. Gay) Fenzl subsp. viscosum var. dubium Friedr. | S | Description |
Other sources of information about Limeum:
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Flora of Botswana: LimeumFlora of Caprivi: Limeum
Flora of Mozambique: Limeum
Flora of Zambia: Limeum
External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): LimeumBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Limeum
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Limeum
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Limeum
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Limeum
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Limeum
JSTOR Plant Science: Limeum
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Limeum
Plants of the World Online: Limeum
Tropicos: Limeum
Wikipedia: Limeum
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