2388.000 Glinus L.

Description of the genus

Annual or perennial herbs, glabrous or with simple or stellate hairs. Stipules 0. Leaves alternate, opposite or whorled, narrowly elliptic to circular. Perianth segments 5, free, herbaceous. Staminodes 0-8 or more, sometimes ± petaloid. Stamens 3-many, free. Ovary superior, of 3-5 carpels; 3- or 5-locular; each loculus with numerous ovules; stigmas 3-5. Fruit a 3- or 5-valved capsule. Seeds many, bearing a fleshy aril on a long filiform-appendaged strophiole.

Worldwide: c. 12 species in warm and tropical regions.

Zimbabwe: 5 taxa.

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Species	FZ divisions	Content
bainesii (Oliv.) Pax	E,S
lotoides L. var. lotoides	N,W,C,S	Description, Image
lotoides L. var. virens Fenzl	N,W,C,E,S	Description, Image
oppositifolius (L.) DC. var. oppositifolius	N,E,S	Description, Image
oppositifolius (L.) DC. var. lanatus Hauman	N,S	Description, Image

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Flora of Botswana: Glinus
Flora of Caprivi: Glinus
Flora of Caprivi: cultivated Glinus
Flora of Malawi: Glinus
Flora of Mozambique: Glinus
Flora of Zambia: Glinus

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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Glinus
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EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Glinus
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