Spermatophyta: Dicotyledonae: Metachlamydeae: Lamiales

Stilbaceae

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

Description of the family

Shrubs or small trees. Leaves simple, opposite or whorled; margins entire or less often toothed. Inflorescences consisting of spikes, thyrses, cymes, heads or solitary flowers; bracteate. Flowers often small, bisexual; zygomorphic or actinomorphic. Petals fused; imbricate; funnel-shaped or often tubular; persistent. Ovary superior; carpels fused. Fruit a capsule or berry.

Worldwide: 8 genera and 40 species in Sub-Saharan Africa, western Indian Ocean and Arabia.

Zimbabwe: 2 cultivated genera and 2 cultivated taxa.

No image of a cultivated species but there is an image of a native or naturalised species

Links to cultivated genera:     View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this family

GenusContent
Halleria L.Description, Image
Nuxia Comm. ex Lam.Description

Other sources of information about Stilbaceae:

Our websites:

Flora of Botswana: Stilbaceae
Flora of Malawi: Stilbaceae
Flora of Mozambique: Stilbaceae
Flora of Zambia: Stilbaceae
Flora of Zimbabwe: Stilbaceae

External websites:

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


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: Stilbaceae.
https://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/cult/family.php?family_id=293, retrieved 21 March 2023

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