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Description
Genus Lindenbergia
Herbs, annual
or perennial
, basally woody, erect
or decumbent
, much branched, hairy
, rooting
from lower nodes. Leaves opposite or upper alternate. Flowers solitary or in terminal
spikes or racemes
; bracts foliaceous
. Bracteoles absent. Calyx campanulate
, 5-lobed, parted
to ca.
middle
, hairy. Corolla 2-lipped; tube
tubular
, often puberulent
; lower lip large, 3-lobed, often plicate
; upper lip short, wide, apex truncate
, subemarginate, or 2-lobed. Stamens 4, didynamous
, included
, inserted
below middle of corolla tube; filaments
usually glabrous
; anther
locules distinct
, connective
often forming a stalk
. Ovary hairy or glabrous. Stigma not lobed
. Capsule generally enclosed by persistent
calyx, 2-grooved, loculicidal; valves
entire, separating from placental
column; style persistent. Seeds numerous
, minute.
12 species: tropical
and subtropical
Africa and Asia; three species in China.
The genus occurs mostly in India with few species in tropical Africa and Malaysia. There are possibly five species in China, but we have been unable to confirm the presence of Lindenbergia macrostachya Bentham and L. griffithii J. D. Hooker.[1]
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Plantae
()
- Haeckel, 1866
- Plants
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
()
- Cavalier-Smith, 1981
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
()
- Sinnott, 1935 ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Vascular Plants
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
()
- Infraphylum:
Radiatopses
()
- Kenrick & Crane, 1997
- Class:
Magnoliopsida
()
- Brongniart, 1843
- Dicotyledons
- Subclass:
Asteridae
()
- Takhtajan, 1967
- Superorder:
Lamianae
()
- Takhtajan, 1967
- Order:
Lamiales
()
- Bromhead, 1838
- Family:
Plantaginaceae
()
- A.L. de Jussieu, 1789, nom. cons.
- Subfamily:
Gratioloideae
()
- Tribe:
Stemodieae
()
- Genus:
Lindenbergia
()
- J.G.C. Lehmann, 1829
- Specific epithet:
nigrescens
- Vatke
- Botanical name: - Lindenbergia nigrescens Vatke
- Specific epithet:
nigrescens
- Vatke
- Genus:
Lindenbergia
(
- Tribe:
Stemodieae
(
- Subfamily:
Gratioloideae
(
- Family:
Plantaginaceae
(
- Order:
Lamiales
(
- Superorder:
Lamianae
(
- Subclass:
Asteridae
(
- Class:
Magnoliopsida
(
- Infraphylum:
Radiatopses
(
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
(
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
(
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
(
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
Similar Species
Members of the genus Lindenbergia
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Further Reading
- Oliver, D. Flora of tropical Africa /by Daniel Oliver. .. assisted by other botanists. 4 1905-1906 London: L. Reeve and co., 1868-1999. url p. 311, p. 312.
Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 22, 2012.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 10797550
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 15849572
- Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:805063-1
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 3693033
Footnotes
- "Lindenbergia". in Flora of China Vol. 18 Page 23. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]
