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Description

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Suffrutices or small shrubs. Inflorescence of axillary cymes or solitary. Calyx actinomorphic, 5-lobed. Corolla distinctly 2-lipped; upper lip 2-lobed; lower lip 3-lobed. Fertile stamens 4, didynamous. Capsule cylindric. Seeds bearing hygroscopic hairs; seeds 2 per loculus.

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bibliographic citation: Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Dyschoriste Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=1331
author: Mark Hyde
author: Bart Wursten
author: Petra Ballings

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Dyschoriste

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Dyschoriste is a genus of flowering plants in the family Acanthaceae. Members of the genus are commonly known as snakeherb.^[2]

Etymology

The name comes from the Greek δυσ, poorly, and χωριστός, to split, in reference to the slightly lobed stigma.^[3]

Selected species

Dyschoriste angusta (A.Gray) Small – Pineland snakeherb
Dyschoriste crenulata Kobuski – Wavyleaf snakeherb
Dyschoriste hondurensis Leonard
Dyschoriste decumbens (A.Gray) Kuntze – Spreading snakeherb
Dyschoriste hirsutissima (Nees) Kuntze – Swamp snakeherb
Dyschoriste humistrata (Michx.) Kuntze – Swamp snakeherb
Dyschoriste jaliscensis Kobuski
Dyschoriste linearis (Torr. & A.Gray) Kuntze – Narrowleaf snakeherb
Dyschoriste oaxacensis Kobuski
Dyschoriste oblongifolia (Michx.) Kuntze – Oblongleaf snakeherb^[2]^[4]
Dyschoriste radicans
Dyschoriste rubiginosa Rama. & Wash. (D. angustifolia)
Dyschoriste xylopoda Kobuski

Dyschorite microphylla

References

^ "Genus: Dyschoriste Nees". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2009-01-23. Archived from the original on 2012-10-11. Retrieved 2011-03-25.
^ ^a ^b "Dyschoriste". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2011-03-25.
^ Thomas Everett; New York Botanical Garden (1981). The New York Botanical Garden illustrated encyclopedia of horticulture. Courier. p. 1154. ISBN 978-0-8240-7234-6.
^ "GRIN Species Records of Dyschoriste". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. Archived from the original on 2012-12-11. Retrieved 2011-03-25.

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Dyschoriste: Brief Summary

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Dyschoriste is a genus of flowering plants in the family Acanthaceae. Members of the genus are commonly known as snakeherb.

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Snakeherb

Dyschoriste

Description

Dyschoriste

Etymology

Selected species

References

Dyschoriste: Brief Summary