4075.000 Casimiroa La Llave
Bailey, L.H. & Bailey, E.Z. (1976)
Hortus Third. A concise Dictionary of Plants Cultivated in the United States and Canada Macmillan Publishing Co, Inc., New York
Description of the genus
Unarmed trees or shrubs. Leaves alternate, digitate. Inflorescence a terminal or axillary panicle or corymb. Flowers small, bisexual, 5-merous. Calyx minute, deeply lobed; stamens as many as petals. Ovary usually 5-lobed;
ovule 1. Fruit a spherical 2-5-seeded drupe. Worldwide: 5 species from the C American highlands |
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Other sources of information about Casimiroa:
Flora of Zimbabwe:
cultivated Casimiroa pageePIC (electronic Plant Information Center):
CasimiroaFlora Zambesiaca web site:
CasimiroaGoogle:
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ScholarGRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for
CasimiroaIPNI (International Plant Names Index):
CasimiroaKew Herbarium catalogue:
Casimiroa
Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings, 2002-13
Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. & Ballings, P.
(2013).
Flora of Zimbabwe: Genus page: Casimiroa. http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=802, retrieved 22 May 2013
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