7359.000 Syncolostemon
HEMIZYGIA (Benth.) Briq.
Clarke, H. & Charters, M. (ed. Moll, E.) (2016) The Illustrated Dictionary of Southern African Plant Names Jacana Media, South Africa
Description of the genus
Annual or perennial herbs, suffrutices or small trees. Leaves opposite. Flowers bisexual; verticils 2-6-flowered in a usually lax inflorescence; sometimes topped with a crown of brightly coloured terminal bracts. Calyx 2-lipped; upper lip ovate, entire, accrescent in fruit; lower lip with 4 teeth or with lateral lobes. Corolla white to pink or purple. Stamens declinate, held over or included within the anterior (lower) corolla lip. Anterior and posterior filament pairs separated by a clear gap at the insertion point in the corolla tube; anterior filaments fused together. Ovaries glabrous. Nutlets brown. Derivation of name: From the Greek: syn- meaning united; kolos meaning curtailed, stunted; stemon meaning pillar or stamen; probably referring to the fused anterior filaments. Worldwide: 46 species, mostly native to eastern South Africa, but also in tropical Africa, Madagascar and India. Zimbabwe: 8 taxa. |
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| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| bracteosus (Benth.) D.F. Otieno | N,W,C,E,S | Description, Image |
| canescens (Gürke) D.F. Otieno | N,W,C,E,S | Description, Image |
| elliottii (Baker) D.F. Otieno | W,S | Image |
| flabellifolius (S. Moore) A.J. Paton [NrEnd] [LR-nt] | E | Description, Image |
| linearis (Benth.) D.F. Otieno | W | |
| oritrephes (Wild) D.F. Otieno [NrEnd] [LR-nt] | E | Description, Image |
| ornatus (S. Moore) D.F. Otieno [End] | E | Description, Image |
| teucriifolius (Hochst.) D.F. Otieno | E | Description, Image |
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