4239.000 Galphimia Cav.

Fayaz, F. (2011) Encyclopedia of Tropical Plants Firefly Books, New Zealand

Description of the genus

Shrubs, erect, pubescent or glabrous. Leaves margins entire, slender petiole. Inflorescence panicles, terminal, simple or branched; bracts and bractlets minute. Flowers yellow, subulate or lanceolate; calyx usually without glands; sepals 5, narrow, persistent; petals 5 entire or dentate, base abruptly unguiculate, persistent in fruit. Fruit capsules, small, trilobate.

Worldwide: 8 species in tropical America.

Zimbabwe: 1 cultivated taxon.

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Species	Content
glauca Cav.	Image

Other sources of information about Galphimia:

External websites:

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Galphimia
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Galphimia
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Galphimia
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Galphimia
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Galphimia
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Galphimia
JSTOR Plant Science: Galphimia
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Galphimia
Plants of the World Online: Galphimia
Tropicos: Galphimia
Wikipedia: Galphimia

Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2002-24

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Zimbabwe: Cultivated plants: genus page: Galphimia.
https://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/cult/genus.php?genus_id=1832, retrieved 20 April 2024

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