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Shrubs or perennial herbs arising from a woody base or rhizome. Leaves alternate, rarely opposite. Inflorescences consisting of bracteate few-many-flowered heads. Flowers bisexual, 4-5-merous. Calyx-tube cylindric, usually articulated above the ovary, lobes coloured. Petals alternating with the calyx lobes, sometimes 0. Stamens in 2 whorls in the throat of the calyx tube. Fruit dry, small. Derivation of name: named after the Greek city Knidos Worldwide: 140 species in tropical and South Africa, Madagascar extending to Sri Lanka Burundi: 5 taxa. |
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| Species | Content | |
| fastigiata Rendle | Description, Image | |
| goetzeana Gilg | ||
| hockii De Wild. | ||
| inconspicua Meisn. | ||
| stenophylla Gilg |
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