- Family:
- Phrymaceae Schauer
Glossostigma Wight & Arn.

[FTEA]
Scrophulariaceae, S.A. Ghazanfar, F.N. Hepper & D. Philcox. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 2008
- Morphology General Habit
- Small creeping perennial herbs
- Morphology Leaves
- Leaves opposite or whorled, entire
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
- Flowers axillary, solitary, ebracteolate
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
- Calyx campanulate, 3-4-toothed
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
- Corolla tube equalling the calyx
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
- Stamens 2 (in Flora area) or 4; filaments erect; anthers bithecate, thecae parallel, diverging at base; staminodes absent
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Stigma
- Stigma dilated above into a broad stigmatic lamella
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Fruit capsular, 2-locular; dehiscence loculicidal, manyseeded, covered by the persistent calyx
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
- Seeds compressed.
- Note
- All species are moss-like herbs of wet places and can be easily overlooked.
Native to:
Bangladesh, Cameroon, Chad, India, Kenya, Mali, New South Wales, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Niger, Northern Territory, Queensland, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Australia, Sri Lanka, Tasmania, Victoria, Vietnam, Western Australia
Introduced into:
Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Rhode I.
Glossostigma Wight & Arn. appears in other Kew resources:
First published in Nova Acta Phys.-Med. Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. Nat. Cur. 18: 355 (1836)
Accepted by
- Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Seed Plants Database in ACCESS G: 1-40325.
Literature
Flora of West Tropical Africa
- in Nov. Act. Nat. Cur. 18: 355 (1836). Nom. cons.
Flora of Tropical East Africa
- Nova Acta Acad. Leop.-Carol. 18: 355 (1836), nom. conserv.
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Flora of Tropical East Africa
Flora of Tropical East Africa
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Kew Backbone Distributions
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Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
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