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7038.000 Cordia
Description of the genus
Trees or shrubs. Leaves alternate, rarely subopposite or opposite. Cymes arranged in lax or dense panicles, ebracteate, terminal or axillary. Flowers bisexual or unisexual, actinomorphic. Calyx tubular or ± campanulate, usually splitting irregularly, 3-5-toothed, usually accrescent and cup-shaped in fruit. Corolla 4-5(-7)-lobed, funnel-shaped to salver-shaped, white or yellowish. Ovary 4-locular (abortive in male flowers). Style terminal, twice 2-fid with 4 slender or clavate, stigmas. Fruit drupaceous, partially or wholly surrounded by the enlarged persistent calyx. Worldwide: c.320 species, tropical The larvae of the following species of insect eat species of this genus:
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Links to taxa: View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this genus
| Species | Links to maps | FZ divisions | Content |
| africana Lam. | Altitude Rainfall Geology | N,E,S | Description, Image |
| goetzei Gürke | Altitude Rainfall Geology | N,S | Description, Image |
| grandicalyx Oberm. | Altitude Rainfall Geology | W,E,S | |
| monoica Roxb. | Altitude Rainfall Geology | N,E,S | Description, Image |
| mukuensis Taton | Altitude Rainfall Geology | N,C | |
| myxa L. | Altitude Rainfall Geology | E | |
| pilosissima Baker | Altitude Rainfall Geology | N,W,C | Description, Image |
| sinensis Lam. | Altitude Rainfall Geology | N,W,C,E,S | Description, Image |
Other sources of information about Cordia:
Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Cordia pageFlora of Mozambique: Cordia
ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Cordia
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Cordia
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Cordia
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Cordia
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Cordia
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