2541.010 Knowltonia Salisb.

Description of the genus

Perennial herb with leaves all basal. Leaves compound, 3-foliolate to 2-ternate. Inflorescences umbellate. Flowers actinomorphic, bisexual, with petaloid sepals, lacking true petals . Tepals c. 15, the outer smaller. Stamens numerous. Carpels numerous, 1-ovulate. Fruit of fleshy drupelets, with deciduous (non-persistent) styles.

Derivation of name: named after Thomas Knowlton (1691-1781), English horticulturalist and director of the then famous Botanic Gardens at Eltham

Worldwide: 8 species in eastern and southerm Africa.

Knowltonia transvaalensis

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Other sources of information about Knowltonia:

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

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

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. & Ballings, P. (2013). Flora of Zimbabwe: Genus page: Knowltonia.
http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=580, retrieved 26 May 2013

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