7978.000 Sclerochiton Harv.

Description of the genus

Trees or small subshrubs. Inflorescence terminal, spicate. Bracts ovate or 0; bracteoles 2. Calyx actinomorphic, 5-lobed. Corolla 1-lipped; lobes 5; tube shorter than the lobes. Fertile stamens 4, 1-thecous. Pollen prolate. Capsule woody.

Worldwide: 12 species in tropical and S Africa

Sclerochiton harveyanus

Links to taxa (3)    View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this genus

coeruleus (Lindau) S. Moore[DD]E
harveyanus NeesESDescription, Image
kirkii (T. Anderson) C. B. Clarke[EN]ES

Other sources of information about Sclerochiton:

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

Copyright: Mark Hyde and Bart Wursten, 2002-10

Hyde, M.A. & Wursten, B. (2010). Flora of Zimbabwe: Genus page: Sclerochiton.
http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=1342, retrieved 9 February 2010

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