Graderia

Graderia is a taxonomic anagram derived from the name of the confamilial genus Gerardia. The latter name is a taxonomic patronym honoring the English botanist John Gerard.

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Sometimes a suffrutex with stems growing from a woody rhizome. Leaves may be opposite or alternate. The solitary flowers appear in the axils, and have a five-lobed calyx and corolla. The flower is tubular with four stamens, in pairs of unequal length. Each stamen has two divergent, oblong and curved thecae. The two-locular ovary has numerous ovules, and produces numerous seeds in a fruit capsule.

The genus includes some 4 species.

• Graderia fruticosa Balf.f. is endemic to Socotra.
• Graderia linearifolia Codd
• Graderia scabra Benth.
• Graderia subintegra Mast.

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Category:Orobanchaceae

Category:Orobanchaceae genera

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