Flora of Zimbabwe: Cultivated plants
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3733.000 Robinia - Locusts
Description of the genus
Trees or shrubs, sometimes with pairs of spiny stipules. Leaves imparipinnate. Flowers white, rose or purple. Inflorescences of pendulous axillary racemes. Calyx campanulate; teeth broad. Standard large, reflexed. Pod flattened, dehiscent. Derivation of name: after Jean Robin (1550-1629) and Vesparian Robin (1579-1600), herbalists and gardeners to Henry VI of France. Worldwide: 4 species from North America. Zimbabwe: 2 cultivated taxa. |
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Links to cultivated taxa View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this genus
| Species | Content |
| hispida L. | |
| pseudo-acacia L. | Image |
Other sources of information about Robinia:
External websites:
ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): RobiniaFlora Zambesiaca web site: Robinia
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Robinia
Wikipedia: Robinia
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Robinia
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Robinia
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