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2158.000 Sarcophyte
Description of the genus
Dioecious reddish parasites, with a large irregular tuber, which does not produce rhizomes. Leaves scale-like, many, spirally arranged. Inflorescence much-branched, bearing unisexual flowers. Male plants: inflorescence branches bearing flowers in groups of 2-4 on short secondary branches, each branch subtended by a bract; male flowers 3(-4)-merous. Female plants: inflorescence branches with 5-12 subglobular spadix-like clusters of ± 200 flowers sunk in a common receptacle; style 0. Fruit a syncarp the fruits forming a spherical berry. Worldwide: 2 species occurring in Africa Zimbabwe: 1 taxon. |
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Links to taxa: View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this genus
| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| piriei Hutch. | N,W,E,S | Description, Image |
Other sources of information about Sarcophyte:
Our websites:
Flora of Malawi: SarcophyteFlora of Mozambique: Sarcophyte
Flora of Zambia: Sarcophyte
External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): SarcophyteBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Sarcophyte
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Sarcophyte
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Sarcophyte
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Sarcophyte
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Sarcophyte
JSTOR Plant Science: Sarcophyte
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Sarcophyte
Plants of the World Online: Sarcophyte
Tropicos: Sarcophyte
Wikipedia: Sarcophyte
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