Description
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Herbaceous or woody climbers. Leaves petiolate, entire or lobed; base often cordate. Flowers in dense axillary cymes. Sepals 5.
Corolla urceolate, constricted at apex of the tube; limb shortly 5-lobed. Stamens borne low down in the corolla tube, widened basally into large concave scales, arching over the ovary. Ovary 2-locular. Style 1; stigmas 2 or 1 2-lobed. Capsule 4-valved or almost indehiscent.
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- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Lepistemon Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=1185
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Lepistemon: Brief Summary
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Lepistemon is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Convolvulaceae.
Its native range is Tropical Africa, Tropical and Subtropical Asia to Northeastern Australia.
Species:
Lepistemon binectarifer (Wall.) Kuntze
Lepistemon intermedius Hallier f.
Lepistemon leiocalyx Stapf
Lepistemon owariensis (P.Beauv.) Hallier f.
Lepistemon parviflorus Pilg. ex Büsgen
Lepistemon urceolatus (R.Br.) F.Muell.
Lepistemon verdcourtii P.Mathew & Biju
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