8663.020 Gunillaea Thulin

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 herbs. Leaves alternate, sessile. Flowers ± actinomorphic. Calyx with 4-5 accrescent lobes. Corolla campanulate, 4-5-lobed. Ovary inferior, 2-locular. Style 2-lobed; 2 glands sometimes present at the base of the style-lobes. Capsule indehiscent. Seeds numerous, sometimes with hair-like projections.

Derivation of name: after Gunilla Thulin (1948-), wife of Swedish botanist Mats Thulin (1948-), who described the genus in 1974. (Clarke, Charters & Moll-Ed., 145, 2016).

Worldwide: 2 species in tropical Africa and Madagascar

Zimbabwe: 2 taxa.

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Species	FZ divisions	Content
emirnensis (A. DC.) Thulin	N,C,S
rhodesica (Adamson) Thulin	N,W,S	Description, Image

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