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Barleria quadriloba

Barleria quadriloba
Common names: Limpopo white barleria, Limpopo white bush violet (Eng.), Limpopo-witbosviooltjie (Afr.)
Family: Acanthaceae

18 / 09 / 2017 | Willem Froneman | Lowveld NBG
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Barleria virgula

Barleria virgula
Common names: sand bush violet (Eng.); sandbosviooltjie (Afr.)
Family: Acanthaceae

13 / 03 / 2017 | Willem Froneman | Lowveld NBG
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Barleria saxatilis

Barleria saxatilis, light mauve flowers with a yellow corolla tube
Common names: rock bush violet (Eng.); rotsbosviooltjie (Afr.)
Family: Acanthaceae

12 / 12 / 2016 | Willem Froneman | Lowveld NBG
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Barleria matopensis

Barleria matopensis
Common names: Matopos barleria (Eng.)
Family: Acanthaceae

... to the new world. The genus Barleria belongs in the family Acanthaceae containing about 250 genera and 2 500 species. ...

11 / 04 / 2016 | Willem Froneman | Lowveld NBG
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Dyschoriste thunbergiiflora

Dyschoriste thunbergiflora
Common names: purple bells (Eng.); persklokkies (Afr.)
Family: Acanthaceae

... weeks, after which they can be potted up and grown on. The Acanthaceae (pronunciation: ah-kanth-AY-see-ee) is a family ... consisting of 350 species, occur in southern Africa. Acanthaceae genera can be identified by opposite leaves, ... provinces of South Africa. Other noteworthy members of the Acanthaceae in southern Africa that are well-known to ...

04 / 04 / 2016 | Cherise Viljoen | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Dicliptera cernua

Dicliptera cernua foliage, slightly hairy.
Common names: false buck-weed (Eng.)
Family: Acanthaceae

... 170 species in the genera and is very diverse. Some of the Acanthaceae genera are closely associated and in particular ...

15 / 02 / 2016 | Monique Mcquillan | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Salpinctium natalense

Salpinctium natalense (Geoff Nichols)
Common names: none
Family: Acanthaceae

... on the margins of Acacia scrub. Like most species in the Acanthaceae, Salpinctium natalense is pollinated by insects. ... from cuttings and seeds. Like all other species from the Acanthaceae family, the seeds are dehiscent and burst open as ... for Salpinctium natalense , although many plants of the Acanthaceae family are used in traditional medicine. It is ...

18 / 01 / 2016 | Sisanda Alakhe Velembo-Mhlauli | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Crabbea angustifolia

Crabbea angustifolia
Common names: prickle head, sheep’s tail (Eng.); thotsanathunya (Setswana)
Family: Acanthaceae

15 / 07 / 2015 | Sumarie Slabber | National Herbarium Pretoria
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Barleria monticola

Barleria monticola in flower
Common names: mountain barleria (Eng.); berg barleria (Afr.)
Family: Acanthaceae

06 / 04 / 2015 | Willem Froneman | Lowveld NBG
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Barleria bremekampii

Flowers of barleria bremekampii
Common names: hedgehog barleria (Eng.)
Family: Acanthaceae

23 / 03 / 2015 | Willem Froneman | Lowveld NBG
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Duvernoia adhatodoides

Common names: pistol bush (Eng.); pistoolbos (Afr.); ihlwalane, isepheka, ihlwehlwe (Xhosa); uthabe, lothabe (Zulu)
Family: Acanthaceae

02 / 03 / 2015 | | Lowveld NBG
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Barleria ovata

Flower
Common names: grassland barleria (Eng.); iningizimebomvu (isiZulu)
Family: Acanthaceae

25 / 08 / 2014 | Mkhipheni Ngwenya | KwaZulu-Natal NBG
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Barleria dolomiticola

Barleria dolomiticola flower and buds
Common names: Wolkberg bush violet
Family: Acanthaceae

07 / 04 / 2014 | Willem Froneman | Lowveld NBG
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Dyschoriste setigera

In flower
Common names: Fairy Stars
Family: Acanthaceae

31 / 03 / 2014 | Zoleka Maphanga | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Barleria randii

Flowers and leaves B.randii
Common names: Matopos apricot barleria
Family: Acanthaceae

31 / 03 / 2014 | Willem Froneman | Lowveld NBG
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Metarungia galpinii

Flower spike and leaves © Tony Dold
Common names: southern orange-lips
Family: Acanthaceae

17 / 03 / 2014 | Vathiswa Zikishe | CREW
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Barleria dinteri

Barleria dinteri
Common names: leather leaf barleria (Eng.); Ludwigslust barleria (Afr.)
Family: Acanthaceae

01 / 04 / 2013 | Willem Froneman | Lowveld NBG
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Metarungia longistrobus

In flower
Common names: sunbird bush (Eng.); sonbekkiebos (Afr.)
Family: Acanthaceae

25 / 02 / 2013 | Alice Notten | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Barleria heterotricha subsp.heterotricha

Barleria heterotricha subsp. heterotricha
Common names: downy barleria (Eng.); fluweel barleria (Afr.)
Family: Acanthaceae

03 / 12 / 2012 | Willem Froneman | Lowveld NBG
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xRuttyruspolia 'Phyllis van Heerden'

× Ruttyruspolia `Phyllis van Heerden' shrub Photo © Stafford Smithies
Common names: ruttyruspolia (Eng.)
Family: Acanthaceae

... a hybrid between two species placed in separate genera in Acanthaceae: Ruttya ovata Harv. and Ruspolia ...

11 / 06 / 2012 | S Smithies | National Herbarium Pretoria
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