7622.000 Buchnera L.

Description of the genus

Annual or perennial herbs, often scabrid and turning black on drying. Leaves alternate or opposite, simple. Inflorescence spicate or with flowers in ± spherical clusters or flowers solitary and axillary. Calyx tubular, 10-ribbed, 4-5-lobed. Corolla with cylindric tube and 5 ± equal lobes. Stamens 4; anthers strictly 1-thecous. Fruit a capsule, without a beak.

Worldwide: c. 100 species in the tropics and subtropics

Zimbabwe: 20 taxa.

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Species	FZ divisions	Content
androsacea Merxm.[End][DD]	C	Description
bangweolensis R.E. Fr.	N,C
buchneroides (S. Moore) Brenan	N,W,C
candida S. Moore	N
chimanimaniensis Philcox[NrEnd]	E	Description, Image
cryptocephala (Baker) Philcox var. cryptocephala	N	Description, Image
eylesii S. Moore	N,C,E,S	Description, Image
granitica S. Moore[End][VU]	C	Description
henriquesii Engl.	N,W,C,E
hispida Buch.-Ham. ex D. Don	N,W,C,E,S	Description, Image
lastii Engl. subsp. lastii	E
leptostachya Benth.	N
longispicata Schinz	N,W,C,E,S	Description, Image
multicaulis Engl.	N,E
pusilliflora S. Moore[End][DD]	N,W,C
randii S. Moore	N,W,C,E,S
speciosa Skan	E
strictissima Engl. & Gilg	W,C
subglabra Philcox[NrEnd]	E	Image
wildii Philcox[NrEnd]	E	Image

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Flora of Botswana: Buchnera
Flora of Burundi: Buchnera
Flora of Caprivi: Buchnera
Flora of Malawi: Buchnera
Flora of Mozambique: Buchnera
Flora of Zambia: Buchnera

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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Buchnera
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Buchnera
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Buchnera
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iNaturalist: Buchnera
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Buchnera
JSTOR Plant Science: Buchnera
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Buchnera
Plants of the World Online: Buchnera
Tropicos: Buchnera
Wikipedia: Buchnera