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Genus: Isoglossa
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About 50 species, found in the
Old World, mainly in the tropics. There are 15 species in southern
Africa.
Southern African species
Isoglossa bolusii Perennial shrub or herb, growing to height of 1.2 m.
Distribution in southern Africa: South
Africa > Eastern Cape, Mpumalanga; Swaziland |
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Isoglossa ciliata Perennial shrub or herb, growing to height of 1.3
m. See Pooley (1998: 200). Distribution in southern Africa: South
Africa > Western Cape, Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal; Swaziland |
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Isoglossa cooperi
Perennial shrub or herb, growing to
height of 3.6 m. See Pooley (1998: 438). Distribution in southern Africa: South
Africa > Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga, Limpopo.
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Isoglossa delicatula Perennial shrub or herb, growing to height of 1.5 m.
Distribution in southern Africa: South
Africa > Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga, Limpopo |
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Isoglossa densa Perennial herb growing to height of 1 m.
Distribution in southern Africa: South
Africa > Eastern Cape. |
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Isoglossa eckloniana Perennial shrub or herb, growing to height of 1.8 m.
Distribution in southern Africa: South
Africa > Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga, Limpopo; Swaziland |
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Isoglossa grantii
Perennial shrub, dwarf shrub or herb,
growing to height of 1.5 m. Distribution in southern Africa: South
Africa > Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga, Limpopo, North West,
Gauteng, Free State; Swaziland; Limpopo. See Pooley (1998: 200); van Wyk & Malan
(1997: 32).
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Isoglossa hypoestiflora Perennial shrub or herb, growing to height of 4 m.
Distribution in southern Africa: South
Africa > Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo. |
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Isoglossa macowanii Perennial dwarf shrub or herb, growing to height of 0.7
m.
Distribution in southern Africa: South
Africa > Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal; Lesotho. |
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Isoglossa origanoides Perennial shrub, dwarf shrub or herb, growing to height
of 1.5 m.
Distribution in southern Africa: South
Africa > Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga, Limpopo, Gauteng;
Swaziland |
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Isoglossa ovata Perennial herb, growing to height of 0.9 m.
Distribution in southern Africa: South
Africa > Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal |
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Isoglossa prolixa Perennial herb or climber, growing to height of 2 m.
Distribution in southern Africa: South
Africa > Eastern Cape. |
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Isoglossa stipitata Perennial herb growing to height of 0.6 m.
Distribution in southern Africa: South
Africa > Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal. |
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Isoglossa sylvatica Perennial dwarf shrub or herb, growing to height of 1
m.
Distribution in southern Africa: South
Africa > Western Cape |
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Isoglossa woodii (Buckweed)
Kiesieblaar
[Afrikaans]; ugomane, umbomane [Zulu] Perennial shrub or herb, growing to height of 2 m. Distribution in southern Africa: South
Africa > Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal. See Pooley (1998: 200).
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References
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Pooley, E. 1998. A Field Guide
to Wild Flowers KwaZulu-Natal and the Eastern Region. Natal Flora
Publications Trust, Durban.
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van Wyk, B. &
Malan, S. 1997. Field Guide to the Wild Flowers of the Highveld. 2nd
edition. Struik Publishers, Cape Town.
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Welman, W.G. 2003. Acanthaceae. In
Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds), Plants of southern Africa: an
annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14: 92-106. National Botanical
Institute, Pretoria.
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