Spermatophyta: Dicotyledonae: Archichlamydeae: Geraniales

Greyiaceae - Greyia family

Byng, J.W. (2014) The Flowering Plants Handbook Plant Gateway Limited, Hertford, UK

Coates Palgrave, K. (revised and updated by Meg Coates Palgrave) (2002) Trees of Southern Africa 3rd edition. Struik, South Africa

Description of the family

Shrubs or small trees; bark thick and rough. Leaves crowded at the ends of the branches; lamina simple, almost circular, 3-veined from the base; margins irregularly crenate. Inflorescence of terminal racemes; flowers actinomorphic; sepals 5, much shorter than the petals, imbricate, basally fused; petals 5, showy, red, rarely white; stamens 10 in 2 whorls, exserted. Fruit an almost cylindric 5-grooved capsule.

Worldwide: 1 genus and 3 species in South Africa.

Zimbabwe: 1 cultivated genus and 2 cultivated taxa.

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GenusContent
Greyia Hook. & Harv.Description

Other sources of information about Greyiaceae:

External websites:

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Greyiaceae
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Greyiaceae
Wikipedia: Greyiaceae


Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2002-23

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2023). Flora of Zimbabwe: Cultivated plants: Family page: Greyiaceae.
https://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/cult/family.php?family_id=257, retrieved 1 April 2023

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