Spermatophyta: Dicotyledonae: Metachlamydeae: Lamiales

Calceolariaceae

Byng, J.W. (2014) The Flowering Plants Handbook Plant Gateway Limited, Hertford, UK

Description of the family

Perennial or annual herbs or subshrubs. Leaves simple, pinnatifid or pinnate, opposite or whorled; margins toothed, rarely entire. Inflorescences in paired cymes or thyrses. Flowers bisexual, strongly zygomorphic. Sepals fused. Petals fused, 2-lipped; upper lip hooded, lower lip (especially in the cultivated forms) very large and inflated and ± slipper-like; inner side of lower lip usually with glands; yellow, rarely white, red or violet, often with red or brown spots. Stamen filaments attached to petals; anthers basifixed. Ovary superior to partly inferior; carpels fused, placentation axial. Fruit a capsule.

Worldwide: Genera 2; species c. 260 in Mexico to Chile and New Zealand.

Zimbabwe: 1 genus and 1 taxon.

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Genus	Content
Calceolaria L.	Description, Image

Other sources of information about Calceolariaceae:

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Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Calceolariaceae

External websites:

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Calceolariaceae
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Calceolariaceae
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Calceolariaceae
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Calceolariaceae
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Calceolariaceae
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Calceolariaceae
JSTOR Plant Science: Calceolariaceae
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Calceolariaceae
Wikipedia: Calceolariaceae
Plants of the World Online: Calceolariaceae
Tropicos: Calceolariaceae