Description
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Small shrubs, subshrubs or herbs. Leaves opposite and decussate or in whorls of 3.
Flowers bisexual, not heterostylous, 4-5-merous.
Calyx lobes unequal, one enlarged leaf-like, the others minute. Corolla with both stamens and style exserted. Fruit with crown of persistent calyx, splitting into two mericarps.
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- Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
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- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Otiophora Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=1421
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- Mark Hyde
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- Bart Wursten
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- Petra Ballings
Otiophora (plant): Brief Summary
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Otiophora is a genus of plants in the family Rubiaceae. There are approximately 20 species. Natural distribution range for the genus includes Madagascar and much of central and southern Africa from South Africa north to Tanzania and Nigeria.
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