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Bailey, L.H. (1949) Manual of Cultivated Plants Revised edition. Macmillan, New York.
Herbs or shrubs. Leaves opposite or whorled. Flowers zygomorphic, solitary or borne in clusters or racemes. Calyx tube elongated and corolla-like, ribbed, spurred or gibbous at the base, oblique at mouth with 6 primary teeth or lobes and usually as many secondary teeth. Petals 6 (rarely 0 or 2). Stamens 11, rarely fewer. Ovary usually superior, sessile with a gland at the base, unequally 2-locular. Stigma capitate, 2-lobed. Capsule oblong, papery, dehiscing laterally. Derivation of name: from Greek: cuphos meaning curved, referring to the base of the calyx tube Worldwide: 260 species, occurring in America Zimbabwe: 4 cultivated taxa. |
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