Plumbago Tourn. ex L.

[FZ]

Plumbaginaceae, A. R. Vickery. Flora Zambesiaca 7:1. 1983

Morphology General Habit: Perennial herbs or shrubs.
Morphology Leaves: Leaves alternate, simple.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers: Flowers in alternate 1–flowered spikelets grouped in elongated terminal spikes.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx: Calyx tubular, 5–ribbed, scarious.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla: Corolla with narrow tube.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens: Stamens free.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Pistil: Ovary 1–locular; style 1 with 5 stigma lobes.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits: Fruit a capsule, membranous, enclosed in persistent calyx, dehiscing in a complete ring near base and often splitting into 5 valves from below.

[FIQ]

Ghazanfar, S. A. & Edmondson, J. R (Eds). (2014) Flora of Iraq, Volume 5 Part 2: Lythraceae to Campanulaceae.

Morphology General Habit: Perennial, shrubby or climbing plants
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx: Calyx united, tubular, stipitate-glandular
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla: Corolla salver-shaped, limb 5-parted
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens Filaments: Filaments free, dilated at the base into concave scales
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Style: Styles filiform, coherent; stigmas 5, filiform, glandular within
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers: Utricle membranous, rupturing around base and splitting by longitudinal valves from base to middle. Flowers almost sessile, 3-bracteate, lilac or pink
Note: Plumbago (from Latin plumbum, lead) is sometimes known as Leadwort on account of the glaucous greyish hue of the leaves.
Distribution: A genus of about 20 species found in the warm temperate and tropical regions of the world.

[FTEA]

Plumbaginaceae, C. M. Wilmot-Dear. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 1976

Morphology General Habit: Perennial herbs or shrubs
Morphology Leaves: Leaves alternate, simple
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers: Flowers in alternate 3-bracteate 1 - flowered spikelets grouped into elongated terminal spikes; central (outer) bract largest
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx: Calyx tubular, 5-ribbed, scarious between ribs, 5-toothed
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla: Corolla with narrow tube and rotate limb
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens: Stamens free
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Pistil: Ovary 1-locular; style 1, with 5 stigma-lobes
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits: Fruit a capsule, membranous, with 5 small apical reflexed lobes, 1-seeded, enclosed in the persistent calyx, dehiscent by a complete ring near base, often splitting into 5 valves from below
Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds: Seed dark brown or black, long, narrow, slightly flattened, tapering slightly towards apex, surface colliculate; hilum small, oval, in a longitudinal depression.

Doubtfully present in:

Guyana

Native to:

Albania, Aldabra, Algeria, Andaman Is., Angola, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Arizona, Aruba, Assam, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Benin, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Bulgaria, Burkina, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Central African Repu, Chad, Chile Central, Chile North, China South-Central, China Southeast, Christmas I., Colombia, Comoros, Congo, Corse, Costa Rica, Cuba, Cyprus, Djibouti, Dominican Republic, East Aegean Is., East Himalaya, Ecuador, El Salvador, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Florida, France, Free State, French Guiana, Galápagos, Gambia, Ghana, Greece, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Gulf States, Hainan, Haiti, Hawaii, Honduras, India, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Jawa, Kenya, Kriti, KwaZulu-Natal, Laos, Lebanon-Syria, Leeward Is., Lesser Sunda Is., Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaya, Mali, Maluku, Marianas, Marquesas, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southwest, Morocco, Mozambique, Mozambique Channel I, Namibia, Nepal, Netherlands Antilles, New Guinea, New South Wales, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Norfolk Is., North Caucasus, Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Queensland, Romania, Rwanda, Sardegna, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sicilia, Sierra Leone, Society Is., Socotra, Somalia, Southwest Caribbean, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Suriname, Swaziland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Texas, Thailand, Togo, Transcaucasus, Trinidad-Tobago, Tubuai Is., Tunisia, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Turkmenistan, Turks-Caicos Is., Uganda, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Western Australia, Windward Is., Yemen, Yugoslavia, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

Ascension, Baleares, Canary Is., Cape Verde, Cook Is., Czechoslovakia, Fiji, Laccadive Is., Madeira, Mauritius, New Caledonia, Portugal, Rodrigues, Réunion, Samoa, Tonga