Camptoloma Benth.

First published in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 10: 430 (1846)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Canary Islands, NE. Tropical Africa to S. Arabian Peninsula, Angola to S. Africa.

Descriptions

M. Thulin et al. Flora of Somalia, Vol. 1-4 [updated 2008] https://plants.jstor.org/collection/FLOS

Morphology Leaves
Leaves alternate (opposite in seedlings only), petiolate, toothed
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
Flowers in upper leaf-axils, solitary, paired or clustered
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Calyx deeply 5-lobed
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Corolla-tube cylindric; limb slightly 2-lipped, 5-lobed
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
Stamens 4; anthers synthecous (with confluent thecae)
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Style
Style filiform; stigma short
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Fruit a sharply beaked septicidal capsule, the tip of each valve with a short loculicidal split
Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
Seeds minute, numerous, longitudinally 6–8-ribbed.
Distribution
Genus of three species, one on the Canary Is. (Gran Canaria), one in Angola and Namibia, and one in the Horn of Africa region.
Morphology General Habit
Herbs or subshrubs, covered by long glandular hairs
[FSOM]

Sources

  • Flora of Somalia

    • Flora of Somalia
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0