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6338.000 Anagallis
Description of the genus
Relatively small, slender, annual or perennial glabrous herbs. Leaves entire, sessile or shortly petiolate, alternate or opposite. Flowers 5(-6)-merous, solitary in leaf axils or in terminal racemes. Calyx divided almost base; margins usually hyaline. Corolla ± campanulate, white or pale pink (rarely bright blue or red - A. arvensis). Stamens 5. Ovary superior, spherical. Fruit a spherical or obovoid capsule, mostly circumscissile, rarely indehiscent. Seeds ellipsoid, 3-angled. Worldwide: c. 28 species in Europe, African mountains, S America and 1 pantropical species. Zimbabwe: 7 taxa. |
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| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| acuminata Welw. ex Schinz | C | Description, Image |
| arvensis L. subsp. arvensis | C,E | |
| barbata (P. Taylor) Kupicha | N,W,C,S | |
| gracilipes P. Taylor[NrEnd] | E | |
| pumila Sw. | W,C,S | |
| serpens Hochst. ex DC. subsp. serpens | E | |
| tenuicaulis Baker | E |
Other sources of information about Anagallis:
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Flora of Malawi: AnagallisFlora of Mozambique: Anagallis
Flora of Zambia: Anagallis
External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): AnagallisBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Anagallis
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Anagallis
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Anagallis
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Anagallis
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Anagallis
JSTOR Plant Science: Anagallis
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Anagallis
Plants of the World Online: Anagallis
Tropicos: Anagallis
Wikipedia: Anagallis
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