Description
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Unarmed herbs or small shrubs. Leaves alternate, entire. Inflorescences in terminal or lateral cymes. Flowers actinomorphic or slightly zygomorphic, showy. Calyx ± curved, 10-ribbed and deeply 5-lobed; lobes linear to triangular-lanceolate. Corolla white with a yellow or purple centre or variously coloured; tube long; limb expanded. Stamens 5, arising from the corolla mouth, adnate around the style, exserted. Fruit a capsule.
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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). Nierembergia Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=1256
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- Mark Hyde
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- Bart Wursten
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- Petra Ballings
Nierembergia: Brief Summary
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Nierembergia /ˌnɪərɛmˈbɜːrɡiə/, common name cupflower, is a genus of plants in the nightshade family. It is named after the Spanish Jesuit and mystic Juan Eusebio Nieremberg (1595-1658).
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