5056.000 Hermannia L.

Description of the genus

Herbs or small shrubs. Stipules present (in ours). Leaves ± entire or dentate. Flowers bisexual, yellow, reddish, purplish or white, 1-several on axillary peduncles. Bracts 1 or 2 on the peduncle or 0 (kirkii). Calyx 5-lobed. Petals 5. Filaments variously shaped. Ovary 5-locular. Capsule dehiscent with 5 valves.

Derivation of name: Named after Paul Herman (1640-1695), Prof. of botany in Leyden and early collector at the Cape.

Worldwide: Over 100 species in tropical and warm areas

Mozambique: 9 taxa.

Insects associated with this genus:

Hyalites eponina (Dancing acraea or Small orange acraea) Food plant

Links to taxa: View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this genus

Species	FZ divisions	Content
boraginiflora Hook.	M	Description
glanduligera K. Schum.	Z,T,MS,GI,M	Description, Image
grandistipula (Buchinger ex Hochst.) K. Schum.	M
kirkii Mast.	T,MS	Description, Image
micropetala Harv.[NrEnd]	MS,GI,M
modesta (Ehrenb.) Mast.		Description, Image
tigreensis Hochst. ex A. Rich.	Z
tomentosa (Turcz.) Schinz ex Engl.
torrei Wild[End]	GI

Other sources of information about Hermannia:

Our websites:

Flora of Botswana: Hermannia
Flora of Caprivi: Hermannia
Flora of Malawi: Hermannia
Flora of Zambia: Hermannia
Flora of Zimbabwe: Hermannia

External websites:

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Hermannia
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Hermannia
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Hermannia
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Hermannia
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Hermannia
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Hermannia
JSTOR Plant Science: Hermannia
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Hermannia
Plants of the World Online: Hermannia
Tropicos: Hermannia
Wikipedia: Hermannia