6562.020 Ancylobothrys Pierre

ANCYLOBOTRYS Pierre

Description of the genus

Lianes, with tendrils, or climbing shrubs. Stipules 0. Inflorescence of branched terminal panicles. Corolla salver-shaped; lobes overlapping to the left. Anthers keeled on the back. Ovary hairy. Carpels completely fused into an indehiscent, hairy (velutinous), fleshy, many-seeded berry.

Worldwide: 10 species in Africa; 1 extending to Madagascar.

Ancylobothrys petersiana

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petersiana (Klotzsch) PierreNESDescription, Image

Other sources of information about Ancylobothrys:

Flora of Mozambique: Ancylobothrys
ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Ancylobothrys
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Ancylobothrys
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Ancylobothrys
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Ancylobothrys
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Ancylobothrys

Copyright: Mark Hyde and Bart Wursten, 2002-10

Hyde, M.A. & Wursten, B. (2010). Flora of Zimbabwe: Genus page: Ancylobothrys.
http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=1106, retrieved 9 September 2010

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