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2370.000 Rivina
Description of the genus
Herbs, sometimes woody at base. Leaves petiolate. Inflorescence a raceme, terminal and axillary. Flowers bisexual, ± actinomorphic. Sepals 4, free Stamens 4. Ovary with 1 carpel and 1 stigma. Fruit spherical, usually red. Seed 1. Derivation of name: named after August Rivinus (1652-1723), German physiologist, professor of botany at Leipzig. Worldwide: 1 species from S USA to tropical America |
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Other sources of information about Rivina:
Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Rivina pageFlora of Mozambique: Rivina
ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Rivina
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Rivina
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Rivina
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Rivina
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Rivina
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