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2309.010 Centemopsis
Description of the genus
Annual or perennial herbs with entire, opposite leaves. Inflorescences terminal on stems and branches, sometimes bright red, bracteate; flowers solitary (in ours) or paired in axils of each bract. All flowers bisexual with 2 bracteoles. Modified sterile flowers 0. Perianth segments 5, shortly mucronate. Stamens 5, alternating with 5 pseudostaminodes. Ovary (in our species) glabrous below with a dense ring of hairs centrally, less hairy above. Fruit a capsule, rupturing irregularly. Worldwide: 3 species in tropical Africa Zimbabwe: 1 taxon. |
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Links to taxa: View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this genus
| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| gracilenta (Hiern) Schinz | N,W,C,E,S | Description, Image |
Other sources of information about Centemopsis:
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Flora of Burundi: CentemopsisFlora of Malawi: Centemopsis
Flora of Mozambique: Centemopsis
Flora of Zambia: Centemopsis
External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): CentemopsisBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Centemopsis
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Centemopsis
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Centemopsis
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Centemopsis
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Centemopsis
JSTOR Plant Science: Centemopsis
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Centemopsis
Plants of the World Online: Centemopsis
Tropicos: Centemopsis
Wikipedia: Centemopsis
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