1906.000 Chaetachme Planch.

Description of the genus

Trees or shrubs with spines. Stipules large, united along one margin. Leaves alternate; apex with a conspicuous hair-like bristle up to 7 mm. Flowers unisexual; perianth segments 5, deeply concave, with inflexed sides. Male flowers in small, axillary cymes or clusters. Female flowers axillary, solitary. Stamens 5. Ovary sessile.

Worldwide: 1-4 species in tropical and S Africa and Madagascar

Chaetachme aristata

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Other sources of information about Chaetachme:

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

Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings, 2002-13

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. & Ballings, P. (2013). Flora of Zimbabwe: Genus page: Chaetachme.
http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=465, retrieved 20 June 2013

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