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Genus: Ecbolium
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> Family: Acanthaceae
The 22 species are found from
Africa to India with three occurring in southern Africa.
Species native to southern Africa
List from
Plants
of Southern Africa - an Online Checklist (SANBI),
Flora of Zimbabwe
and Flora of
Mozambique.
Ecbolium clarkei
Perennial herb growing to height of 1 m.
Distribution in southern Africa: Namibia, Zimbabwe, Mozambique
See
Flora of Zimbabwe. |
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Ecbolium flanaganii
Perennial shrub or herb, growing to height of 0.7 m. Distribution in southern Africa: South
Africa > Eastern Cape |
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Ecbolium glabratum
Perennial dwarf shrub or herb growing to height of 1 m. See
Pooley (1998: 492). |
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Publications
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Pooley, E. 1998. A Field Guide
to Wild Flowers KwaZulu-Natal and the Eastern Region. Natal Flora
Publications Trust, Durban.
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Vollesen, K. 1989. A revision of Megalochlamys
and Ecbolium (Acanthaceae: Justiciae). Kew Bulletin 44:
601-680.
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Welman, W.G. 2003. Acanthaceae. In
Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds), Plants of southern Africa: an
annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14: 92-106. National Botanical
Institute, Pretoria.
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