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Clarke, H. & Charters, M. (ed. Moll, E.) (2016) The Illustrated Dictionary of Southern African Plant Names Jacana Media, South Africa
Perennial herbs arising from a subterranean tuber. Stems usually twining rarely erect. Leaves alternate. Flowers in racemes, zygomorphic. Calyx 5-lobed. Corolla either split to the base into 2 lips, the upper 3-lobed, the lower with 2 free petals or all petals united into a tube with a 5-lobed limb. Stamens 5; anthers free. Ovary 2-locular. Style shorter than stamens, obliquely clavate, crowned by hairs. Capsule 2-locular, dehiscing by 2 apical, usually 2-fid, valves. Seeds numerous. Derivation of name: Kyphos (Gr.) = bent, referring to the shape of the style and stigma. (Clarke, Charters & Moll-Ed., 91, 2016). Worldwide: 50 species in Africa (mainly southern) and Cape Verde Islands Botswana: 1 taxon. |
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