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GENIOSPORUM Wall. ex Benth.
Adams, C.D. (1972) Flowering Plants of Jamaica. University of West Indies, Mona, Jamaica.
Paton, A.J. et al. (2013) Lamiaceae Flora Zambesiaca 8(8) 1-346
Annual or perennial herbs, stems arising from a taproot, slender rhizome or woody rootstock. Leaves opposite, petiolate; upper leaves sometimes basally pale or coloured. Inflorescence lax to dense in more than 3-flowered verticils; bracts usually coloured. Calyx bilabiate, rounded in cross section; upper lip with 1 or 3 lobes. Corolla white, pink or bluish to purple; bilabiate with a short tube, dilating at throat, pubescent to densely villose within; posterior lip erect, median lobes slightly smaller. Fruit consisting of nutlets, black, obovoid, with minute longitudinal ridges; sometimes pubescent at apex; not producing mucilage when wet. Worldwide: 45 species in the Old World tropics. Burundi: 4 taxa. |
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| africanum P. Beauv. | ||
| denticulatum Robyns | ||
| montanum (Robyns) A.J.Paton | ||
| rotundifolium (Briq.) A.J. Paton | Description, Image |
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