7148.030 Chascanum E. Mey.

PLEXIPUS Raf.

Description of the genus

Herbs or subshrubs. Leaves opposite-decussate, simple, lobed or pinnatipartite. Flowers in long terminal spikes or shorter spike-like racemes. Calyx tubular, conspicuous. Corolla white or yellowish, funnel- or salver-shaped.Stamens 4. Fruit a schizocarp, enclosed within the persistent calyx; mericarps 2, ribbed on the outer surface, 1-seeded, separating from or remaining united to each other.

Worldwide: c.25 species, mainly Africa, but also occurring in Madagascar, Arabia, Pakistan and India

Botswana: 4 taxa.

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Species	FZ divisions	Content
adenostachyum (Schauer) Moldenke	SE
hederaceum (Sond.) Moldenke var. hederaceum		Description, Image
pinnatifidum (L.f.) E. Mey. var. pinnatifidum	N,SW,SE	Description, Image
pumilum E. Mey.	SW,SE

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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Chascanum
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