Costularia
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Description
Perennial herbs with short woody rhizome.
Leaves basal and cauline, linear, broad, coriaceous;
Inflorescence paniculate, loose, consisting of 5-10 distant fascicles of partial panicles.
Stamens 3;
Distribution
Africa: Seychelles (Seychelles present), Asia-Tropical, Madagascar present, Mascarenes present, New Caledonia present, S. Africa present
In the circumscription of KÜKENTHAL the genus comprises about 20 spp., 2 of them in S. Africa, 10 in Madagascar, the Mascarenes and the Seychelles, 9 in New Caledonia, and 1 in Malesia.