2382.000 Gisekia L.

Description of the genus

Annual or perennial herbs. Stipules 0. Leaves mostly opposite, some alternate, entire, ± succulent. Inflorescences terminal or axillary, umbel-like to loosely dichasial. Flowers bisexual or ± unisexual, actinomorphic. Perianth segments 5, free. Stamens 5-20. Carpels 5-15, superior, free, 1-ovulate with a style on the inner edge of the carpel. Fruit of separated achenes, each covered with warts, black. Seeds swollen-reniform, black.

Worldwide: c.4 species in the Old World tropics

Gisekia pharnaceoides var. pharnaceoides

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SpeciesLinks to mapsFZ divisionsContent
africana (Lour.) KuntzeN,W,E,SDescription, Image
pharnaceoides L. var. pharnaceoides N,W,C,E,SDescription, Image

Other sources of information about Gisekia:

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

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

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. & Ballings, P. (2013). Flora of Zimbabwe: Genus page: Gisekia.
http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=548, retrieved 23 May 2013

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