Spermatophyta: Dicotyledonae: Archichlamydeae

Cecropiaceae

Literature

Berg, C.C. (1991) Cecropiaceae FZ 9(6)

Description of the family

Dioecious trees or shrubs. Stipules present. Leaves alternate, palmately divided. Male inflorescences branched: tepals 2-4; stamens (in ours) 3-4. Female inflorescences: spherical or in a club-shaped head; tepals 2-3; pistil 1; stigma 1 with 1 ovule. Fruit adnate to the fleshy accrescent perianth forming a large unit.

Worldwide: 6 genera and 180 species, tropics.

Myrianthus holstii

Links to genera: (1)    View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this family

GenusContent
Myrianthus P. Beauv.Description, Image

Other sources of information about Cecropiaceae:

Flora of Mozambique: Cecropiaceae
GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Cecropiaceae
Google: Web - Images - Scholar


Copyright: Mark Hyde and Bart Wursten, 2002-10

Hyde, M.A. & Wursten, B. (2010). Flora of Zimbabwe: Family page: Cecropiaceae.
http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/family.php?family_id=52, retrieved 3 September 2010

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