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5. Arnebia Clarke in Hook. f., Fl. Brit. Ind. 4:176. 1883. Forssk., Fl. Aegypt.-Arab. 62.1775; Cooke, Fl. Bomb. Pres. Repr. ed. 2,22:288.1967; Jafri, Fl. Kar. 284.1966; Riedl in Rech. f., Fl. Iran. 48:153.1967; Kazmi in J. Arn. Arb. 51 (2):359.1970.
YASIN J. NASIR
Annual or perennial herbs with hispid parts. Leaves simple, alternate. Inflorescence a terminal scorpioid cyme, bracteate. Flowers heterostylic. Calyx 5 partite, accrescent Corolla usually salverform, white, yellow or shade of blue; lobes imbricate, spreading, throat glabrous. Stamens 5; anthers included or slightly exserted. Style gynobasic, exserted or included. Stigma simple or bifid. Ovary 4-lobed. Nutlets 4, variously ornamented.
25 species distributed in the Mediterranean, tropical Africa and Himalaya. Represented in Pakistan by 11 species.
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Plants perennial |
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Plants annual |
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2 (1) |
Base of corolla tube not constricted |
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Base of corolla tube constricted |
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1 Arnebia guttata |
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Inflorescence globose or broader than long. Leaves faintly nerved |
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Inflorescence much broader than long. Leaves distinctly nerved |
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Plants up to 15 cm tall, eglandular. Stem arising from center of leaves. Leaves 3-5 mm broad |
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3 Arnebia inconspicua |
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Plants up to 40 cm tall, glandulose, Stem lateral. Leaves 5-11 mm broad |
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2 Arnebia euchroma |
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Inflorescence interrupted. Bracts shorter, not exceeding the calyces in the upper half of inflorescence |
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5 Arnebia speciosa |
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Inflorescence not interrupted. Bracts longer, exceeding the calyces throughout the inflorescence length |
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4 Arnebia benthamii |
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Corolla lobes fimbriate to lobed at the apex |
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6 Arnebia fimbriopetala |
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Corolla lobes entire |
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Style 2-fld or entire. Stigma bibbed or entire |
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Style doubly 2-fid at apex |
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Calyx with prominent midrib and veins, dilated at base, lobes obtuse |
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7 Arnebia linearifolia |
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Calyx without prominent midrib or veins, barely dilated at base, lobes acute |
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Plants densely hispid. Leaves lanceolate. Corolla yellow, 10-15 mm long; limb 4-5 mm long, not spotted |
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11 Arnebia hispidissima |
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Plants not densely hispid. Leaves broad lanceolate to oblanceolate. Corolla yellow-orange, 20- 25 mm long; limb 15-17 mm long, with 5 purple-brown spots |
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10 Arnebia griffithii |
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Corolla 20-37 mm long, limb more than 10 mm broad, with 5 purple-brown spots |
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9 Arnebia grandiflora |
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Corolla less than 20 mm long, limb less than 10 mm broad, not spotted or rarely so |
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8 Arnebia decumbens |
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