8326.000 Heinsia DC.

Description of the genus

Shrubs or small trees. Leaves opposite; stipules deeply 2-fid. Flowers 4-6-merous, solitary or in terminal and lateral cymes. Calyx tube turbinate; lobes ± foliaceous. Corolla hypocrateriform, white; tube slender; lobes imbricate. Ovary 2-locular. Fruit indehiscent, crowned with persistent calyx lobes.

Worldwide: 4-5 species in tropical Africa

DRC: 1 taxon.

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Species	FZ divisions	Content
crinita (Afzel.) G.Taylor subsp. crinita		Description, Image

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Flora of Zimbabwe: Heinsia

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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Heinsia
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IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Heinsia
JSTOR Plant Science: Heinsia
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Heinsia
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Wikipedia: Heinsia