6973.000 Evolvulus L.

Description of the genus

Annual or perennial herbs, not twining. Leaves simple, entire, usually ± sessile. Inflorescences of axillary, 1-few-flowered cymes. Sepals subequal. Corolla broadly funnel-shaped. Stamens 5. Ovary ovoid or spherical, 1-2-locular. Styles 2, quite or almost separate, each style forked for about half its length. Capsule 2-4-valved. Seeds 4 or fewer, glabrous.

Worldwide: 98 species in warm and tropical America; 2 extending to the Old World.

Mozambique: 2 taxa.

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Species	FZ divisions	Content
alsinoides (L.) L. var. alsinoides	N,T,MS,GI,M	Description, Image
nummularius (L.) L.	MS	Description, Image

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Flora of Botswana: Evolvulus
Flora of Burundi: Evolvulus
Flora of Caprivi: Evolvulus
Flora of Malawi: Evolvulus
Flora of Zambia: Evolvulus
Flora of Zimbabwe: Evolvulus
Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Evolvulus

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