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5284.010 Xylotheca
Description of the genus
Unarmed shrubs. Sepals caducous. Leaves entire. Flowers solitary, male or bisexual, large and showy. Sepals 3-4. Petals free, white, 7-12, more numerous than the sepals. Stamens numerous. Ovary sessile, 1-locular. Fruit a woody capsule; valves 8, thick. Worldwide: 3 species in E and SE Africa |
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| Species | Links to maps | FZ divisions | Content |
| tettensis (Klotzsch) Gilg var. macrophylla (Klotzsch) Wild | Altitude Rainfall Geology | N,S | Description, Image |
Other sources of information about Xylotheca:
Flora of Mozambique: XylothecaePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Xylotheca
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Xylotheca
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Xylotheca
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Xylotheca
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Xylotheca
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