7973.000 Barleria L.

Description of the genus

Small shrubs or suffrutices. Leaves opposite. Flowers usually in cymes, or solitary and axillary, or in terminal spikes or heads with reduced leaves; bracts and bracteoles sometimes spiny. Calyx 4-partite; segments unequal, leaf-like or membranous, sometimes spiny, the two outer enclosing the inner. Corolla ± actinomorphic, 4-5-lobed or ± 2-lipped, with a tubular base; lobes obovate, sometimes unequal. Stamens 2 or 4, not didynamous. Ovary 2-locular with 2 ovules per loculus. Capsule solid in upper part; seeds flat with hygroscopic hairs.

Derivation of name: After Jacques Barrelier (1606-1673), a Dominican monk and French botanist

Worldwide: 250 species in the tropics

Burundi: 5 taxa.

The larvae of the following species of insect eat species of this genus:
Sarangesa motozi (Forest elfin)
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SpeciesContent
boehmii Lindau
grandicalyx Lindau
grandipetala De Wild.
superata I.Darbysh.
ventricosa Hochst. ex NeesDescription, Image

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Flora of Botswana: Barleria
Flora of Caprivi: Barleria
Flora of the DRC: Barleria
Flora of Malawi: Barleria
Flora of Mozambique: Barleria
Flora of Rwanda: Barleria
Flora of Zambia: Barleria
Flora of Zimbabwe: Barleria
Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Barleria

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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Barleria
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Barleria
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Barleria
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iNaturalist: Barleria
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Barleria
JSTOR Plant Science: Barleria
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Barleria
Plants of the World Online: Barleria
Tropicos: Barleria
Wikipedia: Barleria



Flora of Burundi: Genus page: Barleria.
https://www.burundiflora.com/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=1340, retrieved 4 December 2024

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