6862.000 Orthanthera Wight

Goyder, D.J., Gilbert, M.G. & Venter, H.J.T. (2020) Apocynaceae (Part 2) Flora Zambesiaca 7(2)

Description of the genus

Perennial herb with prostrate stems (in ours). Leaves subsessile. Flowers borne in clusters or umbels, lateral at the nodes. Corolla tube spherical, 5-angled at the base, cylindric above; lobes linear with reflexed margins. Corona a single series of 5 lobes. Anthers 2-locular. Pollinia erect. Follicles fusiform, large. Seeds brown, narrowly winged, with a tuft of hairs.

Worldwide: 4 species in southern tropical Africa, India and Nepal

Botswana: 1 taxon.

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Species	FZ divisions	Content
jasminiflora (Decne.) Schinz	N,SW,SE	Description, Image

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