Lindenbergia Lehm.

First published in Index Seminum (HBG, Hamburgensis) 1829: 8 (1829)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Egypt to Kenya, Arabian Peninsula, E. Medit. to S. China and Indo-China, Philippines.

Descriptions

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

Morphology General Habit
Herbs, subshrubs or shrubs; stems pubescent to pilose or rarely almost glabrous
Morphology Leaves
Leaves opposite or the uppermost sometimes alternate, petiolate or rarely sessile, pinnately nerved, serrate, dentate, crenate or rarely entire
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Flowers yellow, often with reddish-brown marks, pedicellate, solitary in the axils or arranged in terminal or rarely axillary racemes; bracts leaf-like; bracteoles absent or occasionally 1 present, linear
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Calyx 5-lobed
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Corolla 2-lipped; tube cylindrical; upper lip internal in aestivation, retuse to 2-lobed; lower lip 3-lobed, lobes ± spreading, rounded, midlobe often rectangular
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
Stamens 4, 2 long and 2 short, included, inserted in the corolla-tube above the base; anther thecae distinct, stipitate, all polleniferous
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Ovary
Ovary ovoid; style filiform
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Capsule loculicidally dehiscent
Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
Seeds numerous, minute, ellipsoidal, usually somewhat furrowed longitudinally, primarily smooth or rarely deeply reticultate, secondarily reticulate with tertiary, adnate, hook-like structures.
Distribution
Genus of 15 species with a distribution in north-east Africa, Arabia, Iran, Pakistan, India, Nepal, Bhutan, Myanmar, Thailand, Indochina, China, and the Philippines.
[FSOM]

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

Morphology General Habit
Undershrubs or perennial herbs, branched, usually glandular-villous
Morphology Leaves
Leaves opposite or the upper alternate, dentate
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
Flowers axillary, solitary or in terminal spikes or racemes, shortly pedicellate
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Bracts
Bracts similar to leaves but smaller
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Calyx campanulate, 5-lobed, lobes ± equal, divided to middle
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Corolla bilabiate, tube narrowly cylindric; upper lip emarginate or 2-lobed, lower lip longer, 3-lobed
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
Stamens 4, didynamous, included; filaments filiform, anther thecae stipitate, all fertile
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium
Ovary glabrous (in our plants) or pilose; style filiform; stigma sub-clavate
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Capsule ovoid, dehiscence loculicidal, valves entire
Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
Seeds numerous, minute.
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Sources

  • Flora of Somalia

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

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

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
  • 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