7043.000 Ehretia
Description of the genus
Shrubs or trees. Leaves alternate, simple. Inflorescence a usually terminal panicle or corymb. Flowers bisexual or polygamous, actinomorphic. Calyx 5-lobed, deeply divided to near the base. Corolla tube cylindric or widely funnel-shaped; lobes oblong, spreading or reflexed. Stamens 5, inserted at the corolla throat, exserted. Style terminal, well-developed, 2-branched, each topped by a stigma. Fruit subspherical, fleshy; pyrenes 4; outer surface smooth to ridged. Derivation of name: for Georg Dionysius Ehret, 1708-1770, German gardener, botanist and botanical artist. Worldwide: 75 species in tropical and warm regions. Zimbabwe: 4 taxa. Insects associated with this genus:
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Links to taxa: View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this genus
| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| amoena Klotzsch | N,W,E,S | Description, Image |
| cymosa Thonn. ex Schumach. var. divaricata (Baker) Brenan | E | |
| obtusifolia Hochst. ex A. DC. | N,W,C,E,S | Description, Image |
| rigida (Thunb.) Druce subsp. rigida | W,C,E,S | Description, Image |
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Flora of Botswana: EhretiaFlora of Caprivi: Ehretia
Flora of Malawi: Ehretia
Flora of Mozambique: Ehretia
Flora of Rwanda: Ehretia
Flora of Zambia: Ehretia
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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): EhretiaBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Ehretia
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Ehretia
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Ehretia
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iNaturalist: Ehretia
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Ehretia
JSTOR Plant Science: Ehretia
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Ehretia
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Tropicos: Ehretia
Wikipedia: Ehretia