3796.010 Kotschya Endl.

Description of the genus

Herbs, subshrubs or shrubs. Stipules present, but may be caducous; stipels 0. Leaves pinnately 4-many-foliolate; leaflets alternate, asymmetric at base. Inflorescences distichous, mainly dense, ± scorpioid, often in the form of a strobilus; the flowers reflexed. Bracts entire, scarious, brownish and persistent; bracteoles also persistent. Calyx scarious, 5-lobed. Corolla white, yellow, blue or pink. Stamens monadelphous. Pod with 1-9 articles, folded like a concertina, enclosed in the calyx, the articles rounded, smooth.

Derivation of name: After Karl Georg Theodor Kotschy (1813-1866), Austrian botanical explorer and plant collector in the Orient.

Worldwide: 30 species in tropical Africa and Madagascar

Zimbabwe: 7 taxa.

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Species	FZ divisions	Content
capitulifera (Welw. ex Baker) Dewit. & P.A. Duvign. var. capitulifera	W,S
scaberrima (Taub.) Wild	E
sp.no.A (Wild 1947)[End]	E
speciosa (Hutch.) Hepper	N,W,C,E
strigosa (Benth.) Dewit & P.A. Duvign. var. strigosa	C,E,S	Description, Image
strobilantha (Welw. ex Baker) Dewit & P.A. Duvign. var. strobilantha	N,C,E	Description, Image
thymodora (Baker f.) Wild subsp. thymodora	E	Description, Image

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Flora of Burundi: Kotschya
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Flora of Mozambique: Kotschya
Flora of Zambia: Kotschya

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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Kotschya
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Kotschya
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Kotschya
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IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Kotschya
JSTOR Plant Science: Kotschya
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Kotschya
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Tropicos: Kotschya
Wikipedia: Kotschya