Capraria

  • Authority

    Acevedo-Rodríguez, Pedro & collaborators. 1996. Flora of St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 78: 1-581.

  • Family

    Scrophulariaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Capraria

  • Description

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    Genus Description - Erect herbs or subshrubs. Leaves alternate, serrate. Flowers actinomorphic, 5-merous, bisexual, axillary; pedicels not bracteate; calyx of equal, deeply lobed sepals; corolla bell-shaped, the lobes elongate, ascending; stamens 4 or 5, the filaments of equal length, adnate to the base of corolla tube, the anthers oblong to ovoid, bilocular; ovary 2-locular with axile placentation, the style distal, elongate, exserted. Fruit a many-seeded, septicidal capsule; seeds reticulate.

  • Distribution

    A genus of 4 species in tropical America.

    Saint John Virgin Islands of the United States South America|