Flora of Zimbabwe: Cultivated plants
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2370.000 Rivina
Description of the genus
Herbs, sometimes woody at base. Leaves petiolate. Inflorescence a raceme, terminal and axillary. Flowers bisexual, ± actinomorphic. Sepals 4, free Stamens 4. Ovary with 1 carpel and 1 stigma. Fruit spherical, usually red. Seed 1. Derivation of name: named after August Rivinus (1652-1723), German physiologist, professor of botany at Leipzig. Worldwide: 1 species from S USA to tropical America Zimbabwe: 1 cultivated taxon. |
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Other sources of information about Rivina:
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Flora of Caprivi: cultivated RivinaFlora of Mozambique: Rivina
Flora of Zambia: Rivina
Flora of Zimbabwe: Rivina
External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): RivinaBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Rivina
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Rivina
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Rivina
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Rivina
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Rivina
JSTOR Plant Science: Rivina
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Rivina
Plants of the World Online: Rivina
Tropicos: Rivina
Wikipedia: Rivina
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