2074.190 Oliverella Tiegh.

Description of the genus

Small hemisparasitic shrubs with simple hairs and a single haustorial attachment. Flowers in axillary umbels; bract saucer-shaped with well-developed foliaceous limb. Corolla 5-merous; opening unilaterally; tube short; lobes coherent above, inrolled at anthesis. Filaments thickened and inrolled above.

Worldwide: 3 species in eastern and south-central Africa

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Species	Links to maps	FZ divisions	Content
rubroviridis Tiegh.	Altitude Rainfall Geology	N,W,C,E	Description, Image

Other sources of information about Oliverella:

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

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

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. & Ballings, P. (2013). Flora of Zimbabwe: Genus page: Oliverella.
http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=499, retrieved 26 May 2013

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