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3796.010 Kotschya
Description of the genus
Herbs, subshrubs or shrubs. Stipules present, but may be caducous; stipels 0. Leaves pinnately 4-many-foliolate; leaflets alternate, asymmetric at base. Inflorescences distichous, mainly dense, ± scorpioid, often in the form of a strobilus; the flowers reflexed. Bracts entire, scarious, brownish and persistent; bracteoles also persistent. Calyx scarious, 5-lobed. Corolla white, yellow, blue or pink. Stamens monadelphous. Pod with 1-9 articles, folded like a concertina, enclosed in the calyx, the articles rounded, smooth. Derivation of name: After Karl Georg Theodor Kotschy (1813-1866), Austrian botanical explorer and plant collector in the Orient. Worldwide: 30 species in tropical Africa and Madagascar Mozambique: 9 taxa. |
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| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| africana Endl. var. bequaertii (De Wild.) Verdc. | N | |
| carsonii (Baker) Dewit & P.A. Duvign. subsp. carsonii | N | |
| recurvifolia (Taub.) F.White subsp. recurvifolia | Z | Description, Image |
| scaberrima (Taub.) Wild | N,Z,MS | |
| speciosa (Hutch.) Hepper | T | |
| strigosa (Benth.) Dewit & P.A. Duvign. var. strigosa | N,Z,T,MS | Description, Image |
| strobilantha (Welw. ex Baker) Dewit & P.A. Duvign. var. strobilantha | N,T | Description, Image |
| thymodora (Baker f.) Wild subsp. thymodora | MS | Description, Image |
| uguenensis (Taub.) F. White | N | Description, Image |
Other sources of information about Kotschya:
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Flora of Burundi: KotschyaFlora of Malawi: Kotschya
Flora of Zambia: Kotschya
Flora of Zimbabwe: Kotschya
External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): KotschyaBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Kotschya
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Kotschya
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Kotschya
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Kotschya
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Kotschya
JSTOR Plant Science: Kotschya
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Kotschya
Plants of the World Online: Kotschya
Tropicos: Kotschya
Wikipedia: Kotschya
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