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Description

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Annual herb (in ours). Stems erect, 4-ridged. Flowers 4-5-merous in axillary cymes. Corolla with a short tube and spreading lobes. Flowers mainly blue, rarely pink or white. Stamens inserted below the sinuses; anthers opening by apical pores; lacking apical and basal glands. Ovary 2-locular. Fruit a capsule.

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bibliographic citation: Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Exacum Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=1093
author: Mark Hyde
author: Bart Wursten
author: Petra Ballings

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Exacum

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Exacum /ˈɛksəkəm/^[1]^[2] is a genus of plant in family Gentianaceae. It contains the following species (but this list is incomplete):

Exacum affine Balf.f. ex Regel
Exacum axillare
Exacum bicolor
Exacum caeruleum Balf.f.
Exacum laxiflorum (Gamble) Geethakumary, Deepu, Kissling & Pandurangan ^[3]
Exacum pallidum
Exacum pedunculatum
Exacum sessile
Exacum socotranum Balf.f.
Exacum tetragonum
Exacum tinervium
Exacum travancoricum
Exacum walkeri

References

^ Klackenberg, Jens (1985). "The genus Exacum (Gentianaceae)". Opera Bot. 84: 1–144.
^ Klackenberg, jens (2006). "Cotylanthera transferred to Exacum (Gentianaceae)". Botanische Jahrbücher. 126 (4): 477–481. doi:10.1127/0006-8152/2006/0126-0477.
^ Geethakumary, M.P.; Deepu, Sivadas; Kissling, Jonathan; Pandurangan, A.G. (2022). "Revisiting the taxonomy of Exacum courtallense (Gentianaceae) and recognizing E. courtallense var. laxiflorum at the species rank". Phytotaxa. 559: 185–192. doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.559.2.7.

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Exacum: Brief Summary

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Exacum /ˈɛksəkəm/ is a genus of plant in family Gentianaceae. It contains the following species (but this list is incomplete):

Exacum affine Balf.f. ex Regel Exacum axillare Exacum bicolor Exacum caeruleum Balf.f. Exacum laxiflorum (Gamble) Geethakumary, Deepu, Kissling & Pandurangan Exacum pallidum Exacum pedunculatum Exacum sessile Exacum socotranum Balf.f. Exacum tetragonum Exacum tinervium Exacum travancoricum Exacum walkeri

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