Basananthe

Annual or perennial herbs. Stipules present, linear; but some species also have much larger leaf-like false stipules. Leaves alternate. Tendrils axillary or 0. Inflorescence an axillary 1-3-flowered cyme often prolonged into a single tendril or mucro. Flowers bisexual, small, greenish or whitish. Sepals 5(-6), free. Outer corona a barrel-shaped tube crowned by a ring of free threads; inner corona a cup-shaped membrane shorter than the outer corona. Capsule ellipsoid, 3(-4)-valved.

Basananthe is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Passifloraceae.

Its native range is dry Tropical Africa.

Species:

Basananthe aciphylla Thulin Basananthe apetala (Baker f.) J.J.de Wilde Basananthe aristolochioides A.Robyns Basananthe baumii (Harms) J.J.de Wilde Basananthe berberoides (Chiov.) J.J.de Wilde Basananthe botryoidea A.Robyns Basananthe cupricola A.Robyns Basananthe gossweileri (Hutch. & K.Pearce) J.J.de Wilde Basananthe hanningtoniana (Mast.) J.J.de Wilde Basananthe hederae de Wilde Basananthe heterophylla Schinz Basananthe hispidula J.J.de Wilde Basananthe holmesii R.Fern. & A.Fern. Basananthe kisimbae Malaisse & Bamps Basananthe kottoensis J.J.de Wilde Basananthe kundelunguensis A.Robyns Basananthe lanceolata (Engl.) J.J.de Wilde Basananthe littoralis Peyr. Basananthe longifolia (Harms) R.Fern. & A.Fern. Basananthe malaissei A.Robyns Basananthe merolae Raimondo & Moggi Basananthe nummularia Welw. Basananthe papillosa (A.Fern. & R.Fern.) J.J.de Wilde Basananthe parvifolia (Baker f.) J.J.de Wilde Basananthe pedata (Baker f.) J.J.de Wilde Basananthe phaulantha (Dandy) J.J.de Wilde Basananthe polygaloides (Hutch. & K.Pearce) J.J.de Wilde Basananthe pseudostipulata J.J.de Wilde Basananthe pubiflora J.J.de Wilde Basananthe reticulata (Baker f.) J.J.de Wilde Basananthe sandersonii (Harv.) J.J.de Wilde Basananthe scabrida A.Robyns Basananthe scabrifolia (Dandy) J.J.de Wilde Basananthe spinosa J.J.de Wilde Basananthe subsessilicarpa J.B.Gillett ex Verdc. Basananthe triloba (Bolus) J.J.de Wilde Basananthe zanzibarica (Mast.) J.J.de Wilde