Family:
Linderniaceae Borsch, Kai Müll. & Eb.Fisch.

Artanema D.Don

This genus is accepted, and its native range is Tropical Old World to E. Australia.

[FTEA]

Scrophulariaceae, S.A. Ghazanfar, F.N. Hepper & D. Philcox. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 2008

Morphology General Habit
Erect herbs with 4-angled stems
Morphology Leaves
Leaves opposite, entire or serrate
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Inflorescences terminal; flowers large, erect
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Calyx 5-lobed, segments imbricate
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Corolla broadly tubular, 5-lobed above; upper lip broad, emarginate; lower lip 3-fid
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
Stamens 4, didynamous; posterior pair included, filaments short, filiform; anterior pair inserted below the corolla throat, filaments long, arched, with a broad appendage at the base of each, connivent at the apex under the upper lip; anthers bithecal
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium
Style long, filiform; stigma bilamellate
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Fruit globose, septicidal
Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
Seeds numerous, reticulate-rugose.

Native to:

Angola, Benin, Cambodia, Cameroon, Central African Repu, Congo, Gabon, Ghana, India, Ivory Coast, Jawa, Kenya, Liberia, Malaya, Myanmar, New South Wales, Nigeria, Philippines, Queensland, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Uganda, Vietnam, Zaïre

Artanema D.Don appears in other Kew resources:

First published in R.Sweet, Brit. Fl. Gard. 3: t. 234 (1829)

Accepted by

  • Govaerts, R. (1995). World Checklist of Seed Plants 1(1, 2): 1-483, 529. MIM, Deurne.

Literature

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • —F.T.A. 4, 2: 327. Nom. cons.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Sweet, Brit. Flow. Gard. ser. 2: 3, t. 234 (1834), nom. conserv.

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    Flora of Tropical East Africa
    http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2022. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
    © Copyright 2017 World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2022. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
    © Copyright 2017 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0