Campanulaceae
Monopsis

Monopsis zeyheri (Sond.) Thulin

First published in Bot. Not. 132: 135 (1979)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Kenya to S. Africa. It is an annual and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Descriptions

Lobeliaceae, Mats Thulin (University of Uppsala). Flora of Tropical East Africa. 1984

Morphology General Habit
Slender annual erect or decumbent herb, often branched from the base.
Morphology Stem
Stems 2–15(–28) cm. tall, terete, somewhat ribbed, densely pubescent with spreading hairs.
Morphology Leaves
Leaves sessile, elliptic to narrowly ovate, up to 14 mm. long and 7 mm. wide, acute at the apex, rounded or cuneate at the base, pubescent on both surfaces; margin coarsely dentate-serrate.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
Flowers resupinate, often cleistogamous, in lax racemes with leaf-like bracts diminishing in size upwards; pedicels up to 30 mm. long, pubescent; bracteoles at base of pedicel,resembling small leaves, 1–5 mm. long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Hypanthium
Hypanthium broadly obconical to subglobose, ± 10-nerved, pubescent.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Calyx-lobes 0.5–1.6 mm. long, entire, pubescent.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Corolla 4–5 mm. long, white, pale blue or pink with 2 yellowish bumps in the mouth of the tube, split on the back to ± 0.6 mm. from the base, pubescent outside and inside on bottom of tube, 2-lipped with the lower lip 3-lobed and the upper lip consisting of 2 shorter lobes united with the tube for most of their length.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens Filaments
Filaments ± attached to the corolla-tube at the base, linear, scarcely connate above, all sparsely pubescent on the inside near the tip, the 2 anterior ones also ciliate at the base.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens Anthers
Anther-tube ± 0.6 mm. long; all anthers penicillate at the tip, otherwise glabrous.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Capsule ± 10-nerved, 2–3.5 mm. long, pubescent; valves ± 1 mm. long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
Seeds broadly elliptic in outline, strongly compressed, ± 0.35 mm. long, striate-verruculate, brown.
Habitat
Seasonally wet ground, damp grassland or shallow soils over rocks; 1500–1700 m.
Distribution
K4 T2 T7
[FTEA]

Lobeliaceae, M. Thulin. Flora Zambesiaca 7:1. 1983

Morphology General Habit
Slender annual erect or decumbent herb, often branched from the base.
Morphology Stem
Stems 2–15(28) cm. tall, terete, somewhat ribbed, densely pubescent with spreading hairs.
Morphology Leaves
Leaves sessile, elliptic to narrowly ovate, up to 14 x 7 mm., acute at the apex, rounded or cuneate at the base, pubescent on both surfaces; margin coarsely dentate–serrate.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
Flowers resupinate, often cleistogamous, in lax racemes with leaf–like bracts diminishing in size upwards; pedicels up to 30 mm. long, pubescent; bracteoles at base of pedicel, resembling small leaves, 1–5 mm. long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Hypanthium
Hypanthium broadly obconical to subglobose, ± 10–nerved, pubescent.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Calyx–lobes 0·5–1·6 mm. long, entire, pubescent.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Corolla 4–5 mm. long, white, pale blue or pink with two yellowish bumps in the mouth of the tube, split on the back to ± 0·6 mm. from the base, pubescent outside and inside on bottom of tube, 2–lipped with the lower lip 3–lobed and the upper lip consisting of 2 shorter lobes united with the tube for most of their length.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens Filaments
Filaments ± attached to the corolla–tube at the base, linear, scarcely connate above, all sparsely pubescent on the inside near the tip, the two anterior ones also ciliate at the base.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens Anthers
Anther–tube ± 0·6 mm. long, all anthers penicillate at the tip, otherwise glabrous.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Capsule ± 10–nerved, 2–3·5 mm. long, pubescent; valves ± 1 mm. long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
Seeds broadly elliptic in outline, strongly compressed, ± 0·35 mm. long, striate–verruculate, brown.
[FZ]

Extinction risk predictions for the world's flowering plants to support their conservation (2024). Bachman, S.P., Brown, M.J.M., Leão, T.C.C., Lughadha, E.N., Walker, B.E. https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/nph.19592

Conservation
Predicted extinction risk: not threatened. Confidence: confident
[AERP]

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