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Annual or perennial herbs. Leaves opposite. Inflorescences ± capitate to spicate, terminal on stems and branches. Modified sterile flowers 0; all flowers bisexual. Bracts persistent. Perianth segments 4-5, glabrous, 1-3-nerved. Stamens 4-5, alternating with distinct pseudostaminodes. Ovary with 1 pendulous ovule. Fruit a thin-walled capsule, splitting irregularly. Worldwide: 6 species in tropical and South Africa Zimbabwe: 1 taxon. |
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| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| leptostachya (E. Mey. ex Meisn.) Baker & C.B. Clarke | W,C,S | Description |
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