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Acrotome Benth. ex Endl.
EOL Text
Annual or perennial herbs or subshrubs. Inflorescence of few-many-flowered, often subspherical, whorls; bracts leaf-like; bracteoles linear, often bristle-like. Calyx tubular, 10-11-nerved, with 5-11 equal or unequal teeth. Corolla 2-lipped, white; upper lip shorter than the lower; lower lip 3-lobed, the middle lobe longest. Stamens 4, included in the corolla tube and held together by intertwining hairs.
Similar to the genus Leucas and differing in the stamens which are included in the corolla tube and held together by intermingling hairs and by the upper lip of the corolla which is shorter than the lower lip (usually longer in Leucas).
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Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) Stats
Specimen Records:2
Specimens with Sequences:3
Specimens with Barcodes:3
Species:2
Species With Barcodes:2
Public Records:0
Public Species:0
Public BINs:0
Acrotome is a genus of plants in the Lamiaceae, first described in 1838. The genus is native to the southern part of Africa.[1]
- Species
- Acrotome angustifolia G.Taylor - Zambabwe, Botswana, Namibia, Cape Province, Transvaal
- Acrotome fleckii (Gürke) Launert - Namibia
- Acrotome hispida Benth. - KwaZulu-Natal, Swaziland, Transvaal
- Acrotome inflata Benth. - South Africa, Angola, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Namibia, Botswana, Lesotho
- Acrotome mozambiquensis G.Taylor - Mozambique
- Acrotome pallescens Benth. - Namibia, Cape Province
- Acrotome tenuis G.Taylor - Zambia
- Acrotome thorncroftii Skan - KwaZulu-Natal, Swaziland, Transvaal, Mozambique
References[edit]
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