Description
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Short, acaulescent herb (in ours) with leaves in a basal rosette. Inflorescence a terminal narrow spike borne on a peduncle which bears alternate, ovate bracts from base to apex; bracts with membranous margin, fringed with woolly hairs. Calyx slightly zygomorphic, 5-lobed. Corolla 2-lipped. Fertile stamens 2 with 2-thecous anthers. Style branches 2. Capsule slightly beaked; seeds not borne on retinacula.
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- Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
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- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Elytraria Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=1321
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- Mark Hyde
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- Bart Wursten
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- Petra Ballings
Elytraria: Brief Summary
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Elytraria, scalystem, is a genus of flowering plants in the family Acanthaceae, with a pantropical distribution. They tend to lack stems.
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