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5486.000 Nesaea
Description of the genus
Annual or perennial herbs or small shrubs. Stems usually 4-angled. Leaves opposite, decussate, rarely in whorls of 3 or alternate, entire. Inflorescence of lax or dense axillary cymes, sometimes capitate and enveloped by large bracteoles or flowers solitary. Flowers bisexual, 4-8-merous, with bracteoles which are very variable in size. Calyx tube 8-16-ribbed; appendages 0 or present. Petals 0-8. Stamens 4-23. Ovary 2-5-locular. Capsule opening by an apical operculum, the lower part subsepticidal or dehiscing irregularly. Worldwide: 56 species from tropical and South Africa; also southern India, Sri Lanka, Australia and South America Zimbabwe: 15 taxa. |
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| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| aspera (Guill. & Perr.) Koehne | W,C,S | |
| cordata Hiern | N,W,C,S | |
| crassicaulis (Guill. & Perr.) Koehne | W | Image |
| dinteri Koehne subsp. elata A. Fern. | N,W,C | |
| drummondii A. Fern. | N,W,C | |
| erecta Guill. & Perr. | W,C,S | Image |
| heptamera Hiern | N,W,C,E | Description, Image |
| ondongana Koehne subsp. ondongana var. ondongana | N,W,S | |
| ondongana Koehne subsp. ondongana var. beiriana A. Fern. | W,S | |
| ondongana Koehne subsp. orientalis A. Fern. | E | |
| passerinoides (Welw. ex Hiern) Koehne | N,W,C,S | |
| radicans Guill. & Perr. var. radicans | N,W,C,E | |
| radicans Guill. & Perr. var. floribunda (Sond.) A. Fern. | W,C,E,S | |
| rigidula (Sond.) Koehne | W | Description, Image |
| schinzii Koehne | W,E,S |
Other sources of information about Nesaea:
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Flora of Botswana: NesaeaFlora of Caprivi: Nesaea
Flora of Mozambique: Nesaea
Flora of Zambia: Nesaea
External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): NesaeaBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Nesaea
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Nesaea
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Nesaea
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Nesaea
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Nesaea
JSTOR Plant Science: Nesaea
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Nesaea
Plants of the World Online: Nesaea
Tropicos: Nesaea
Wikipedia: Nesaea
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