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Walters, S.M. et al. (eds) (1997) The European Garden Flora. Vol. V. Dicotyledons (Part III). Cambridge University Press, Cambridge
Shrubs. Leaves alternate, simple, entire, toothed or palmately lobed. Flowers solitary or in few-flowered racemes or cymes. Epicalyx segments present, 6-16. Calyx irregularly lobed. Corolla red, funnel-shaped. Staminal column with 5 teeth at apex. Styles and stigmas 10. Fruit a schizocarp with 5 mericarps. Worldwide: 3 species in tropical America Mozambique: 1 cultivated taxon. |
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