7985.000 Crossandra Salisb.

Leistner, O.A. (ed.) (2000) Seed plants of southern Africa: families and genera Strelitzia 10

Description of the genus

Perennial herbs or small shrubs. Inflorescence a terminal spike, often borne on a long peduncle. Bracts prominent, ovate; bracteoles as a long as calyx. Calyx ± zygomorphic with a short tube and 5 longer lobes, the upper lobe broadest and often 2-toothed. Corolla 1-lipped, yellow, orange or red, the lip 5-lobed; adaxial suture slit. Stamens 4, all 1-thecous, included within the corolla tube; filaments epipetalous for most of their length. Disk annular. Ovary ellipsoid. Seeds borne on retinacula.

Worldwide: c. 50 species in tropical Africa, Asia, Arabia and Madagascar

Zimbabwe: 5 taxa.

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Species	FZ divisions	Content
infundibuliformis (L.) Nees subsp. infundibuliformis
mucronata Lindau	E,S	Description, Image
puberula Klotzsch	E,S	Description, Image
pyrophila Vollesen	E?	Description, Image
spinescens Dunkley	N,W,C,E	Description, Image

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Flora of Burundi: Crossandra
Flora of the DRC: Crossandra
Flora of Malawi: Crossandra
Flora of Mozambique: Crossandra
Flora of Rwanda: Crossandra
Flora of Zambia: Crossandra
Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Crossandra

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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Crossandra
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IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Crossandra
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