Description
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Perennial herbs, arising from a woody rhizome. Leaves decussate. Stipule composed of a sheath bearing 3-5 setae. Inflorescence a terminal panicle. Flowers bisexual, male or female, 4(-5)-merous. Calyx vestigial. Corolla (in bisexual and male flowers) with a short, broadly funnel-shaped tube and recurved lobes; corolla much smaller in female flowers. Ovary of 2 carpels; style 0; stigmas 2, long-exserted. Fruit dehiscent, not supported by a carpophore; mericarps tuberculate.
Related to Anthospermum and differing in the terminal inflorescence and the absence of a carpophore.
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- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Galopina Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=1419
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- Mark Hyde
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- Bart Wursten
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- Petra Ballings
Galopina: Brief Summary
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