5369.000 Basananthe Peyr.

TRYPHOSTEMMA Harv.

De Wilde, W.J.J.O. (1973) Revision of Basananthe, formerly Tryphostemma (Passifloraceae) Blumea 21 327-356

Description of the genus

Annual or perennial herbs. Stipules present, linear; but some species also have much larger leaf-like false stipules. Leaves alternate. Tendrils axillary or 0. Inflorescence an axillary 1-3-flowered cyme often prolonged into a single tendril or mucro. Flowers bisexual, small, greenish or whitish. Sepals 5(-6), free. Outer corona a barrel-shaped tube crowned by a ring of free threads; inner corona a cup-shaped membrane shorter than the outer corona. Capsule ellipsoid, 3(-4)-valved.

Worldwide: c.25 species in tropical and southern Africa.

Botswana: 3 taxa.

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Species	FZ divisions	Content
hanningtoniana (Mast.) W.J. de Wilde		Description, Image
heterophylla Schinz	SW	Description, Image
pedata (Baker f.) W.J. de Wilde	N,SW,SE	Description, Image

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