8007.000 Asystasia Blume

Description of the genus

Herbs or shrubs. Inflorescence terminal or axillary, thyrses, cymes or solitary. Calyx actinomorphic, 5-lobed. Corolla ± actinomorphic or 2-lipped; campanulate above; rugula on upper lip indistinct; lobes 5. Fertile stamens 4, didynamous; anthers 2-thecous. Ovary with 2 ovules. Seeds without hygroscopic hairs.

Worldwide: c. 70 species in the Old World tropics

Zimbabwe: 4 taxa.

Insects associated with this genus:

Scopula minorata Larval foodplant

Links to taxa: View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this genus

Species	FZ divisions	Content
glandulosa Lindau	N,C	Description, Image
intrusa (Forssk.) Blume	N,W,C,E,S	Description, Image
mysorensis (Roth) T. Anderson	N,W,C,E,S	Description, Image
retrocarpa T. Edwards	N,S	Description, Image

Other sources of information about Asystasia:

Our websites:

Flora of Botswana: Asystasia
Flora of Burundi: Asystasia
Flora of Caprivi: Asystasia
Flora of the DRC: Asystasia
Flora of Malawi: Asystasia
Flora of Mozambique: Asystasia
Flora of Rwanda: Asystasia
Flora of Zambia: Asystasia
Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Asystasia

External websites:

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Asystasia
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Asystasia
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Asystasia
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Asystasia
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Asystasia
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Asystasia
JSTOR Plant Science: Asystasia
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Asystasia
Plants of the World Online: Asystasia
Tropicos: Asystasia
Wikipedia: Asystasia