- Family: Plantaginaceae Juss.
Stemodia L.
[FZ]
Scrophulariaceae, D. Philcox. Flora Zambesiaca 8:2. 1990
- Morphology General Habit
- Annual, glandular-pubescent, often aromatic herbs, much-branched, or subshrubs.
- Morphology Leaves
- Leaves opposite or verticillate, occasionally alternate below, simple, subentire to variously toothed.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
- Flowers zygomorphic in lax terminal racemes or solitary-axillary, pedicellate.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
- Pedicels uni- or bibracteolate.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
- Calyx 5-lobed; lobes narrow, equal or subequal.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
- Corolla tubular; tube cylindric; upper lip broad, emarginate to entire; lower lip trilobed.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
- Stamens 4, didynamous, included; filaments slender; anther thecae stipitate, all fertile.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Style
- Style usually bilobed.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Capsule globose, ovoid, sometimes acuminate, valves 2, bifid or 4; usually loculicidally dehiscent Seeds numerous, small, striate.
[FTEA]
Scrophulariaceae, S.A. Ghazanfar, F.N. Hepper & D. Philcox. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 2008
- Morphology General Habit
- Herbs or undershrubs, glandular-pubescent, often aromatic
- Morphology Leaves
- Leaves opposite or whorled
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
- Flowers solitary in the axils of leaves or in a crowded leafy spike
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
- Calyx deeply 5-lobed, lobes narrow, imbricate, equal or subequal
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
- Corolla white or blue, 2lipped, tube cylindrical
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
- Stamens 4, didynamous, included, filaments filiform, antherthecae stipitate, all fertile
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Ovary
- Ovary with the style dilated at the apex, usually 2-lobed
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Capsule narrow ovoid or globose, dehiscence loculicidal or sometimes septicidal, valves 2 or 4
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
- Seeds numerous, minute.
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Native to:
Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Arizona, Aruba, Bahamas, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Burkina, Burundi, California, Cameroon, Cayman Is., Chad, Chile Central, Chile North, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Ethiopia, French Guiana, Ghana, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, India, Jamaica, Kenya, Leeward Is., Madagascar, Mali, Mauritania, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Mozambique, Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Northern Territory, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Senegal, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Tanzania, Texas, Trinidad-Tobago, Uruguay, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Western Australia, Windward Is., Zambia
Introduced into:
Florida, Galápagos, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Is., Jawa, Laos, Liberia, Malaya, Mauritius, Réunion, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Taiwan, Vietnam
- Stemodia anisata A.R.Bean
- Stemodia bartsioides Benth.
- Stemodia chiapensis B.L.Turner
- Stemodia chodatii Minod
- Stemodia cipoensis Scatigna
- Stemodia coahuilensis (Henrickson) B.L.Turner
- Stemodia debilis Benth.
- Stemodia diplohyptoides M.M.Sosa & Dematt.
- Stemodia durantifolia (L.) Sw.
- Stemodia ericifolia (Kuntze) K.Schum.
- Stemodia flaccida W.Fitzg.
- Stemodia florulenta W.R.Barker
- Stemodia foliosa Benth.
- Stemodia fruticosa Lundell
- Stemodia fruticulosa Tzvelev
- Stemodia glabella W.R.Barker
- Stemodia grossa Benth.
- Stemodia harleyi B.L.Turner
- Stemodia hassleriana Chodat
- Stemodia hyptoides Cham. & Schltdl.
- Stemodia jorullensis Kunth
- Stemodia kingii F.Muell.
- Stemodia lanata Ruiz & Pav. ex Benth.
- Stemodia lanceolata Benth.
- Stemodia lathraia W.R.Barker
- Stemodia linophylla F.Muell.
- Stemodia lobata J.A.Schmidt
- Stemodia lobelioides Lehm.
- Stemodia lythrifolia F.Muell. ex Benth.
- Stemodia macrantha B.L.Rob.
- Stemodia maritima L.
- Stemodia microphylla J.A.Schmidt
- Stemodia palmeri A.Gray
- Stemodia palustris A.St.-Hil.
- Stemodia peduncularis Benth.
- Stemodia piurensis Pennell
- Stemodia pratensis (Aubl.) C.P.Cowan
- Stemodia pubescens (R.Br.) W.R.Barker
- Stemodia purpusii Brandegee
- Stemodia schottii Holz.
- Stemodia scoparioides Hassl. & Minod
- Stemodia serrata (Hochst.) Benth.
- Stemodia stellata B.L.Turner
- Stemodia stricta Cham. & Schltdl.
- Stemodia suffruticosa Kunth
- Stemodia tenuifolia Minod
- Stemodia tephropelina W.R.Barker
- Stemodia trifoliata (Link) Rchb.
- Stemodia vandellioides (Benth.) V.C.Souza
- Stemodia veronicoides J.A.Schmidt
- Stemodia verticillata (Mill.) Hassl.
- Stemodia viscosa Roxb.
Stemodia L. appears in other Kew resources:
First published in Syst. Nat. ed. 10, 2: 1118 (1759)
Literature
Flora of West Tropical Africa
- —F.T.A. 4, 2: 313. Nom. cons.
Flora Zambesiaca
- Syst. Nat., ed. 10: 1118 (1759).
Flora of Tropical East Africa
- Syst. Nat. ed. 10: 1091, 118, 1374 (1759), nom. conserv.
Flora Zambesiaca
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Flora of Tropical East Africa
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