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Genus Torenia Family Linderniaceae

Description: Herbs, glabrous or villous.

Leaves opposite, petiolate.

Inflorescences racemose or axillary in clusters. Flowers pedicellate. Calyx ribbed or winged, often 2-lipped and short toothed, usually 5-lobed. Corolla 2-lipped; lower lip 3-lobed. Stamens 4; anterior; anthers connivent in pairs. Ovary apically usually with short coarse hairs.

Capsule oblong, included in persistent calyx, septicidal; seeds numerous, pitted.


Distribution and occurrence: World: 68 species, Old World tropics and subtropics. Australia 4 species, 3 naturalised, 1 native to Qld.

Text by Louisa Murray. Edited Kerry Gibbons 21 Apr. 2023.
Taxon concept: Flora of China Vol. 18, p 37. distribution and occurrence: Kew Plants of the World Online; australain Plant Census [both accessed 21 Apr. 2023].

One species in NSW: Torenia fournieri

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