7747.000 Fernandoa Welw. ex Seem.

Description of the genus

Shrubs or trees. Leaves imparipinnate. Flowers axillary, solitary or in short racemes, appearing before the leaves. Calyx campanulate. Corolla crimson or orange with a yellow throat; tube short. Stamens 4, each bearing divaricate anthers; staminode 1. Ovary 2-locular. Capsule cylindric. Seeds winged.

Derivation of name: for Dom Fernando II (1816-1885) German-born King-consort of Portugal.

Worldwide: 14 species in the Old World tropics.

Zimbabwe: 1 taxon.

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Other sources of information about Fernandoa:

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Flora of Malawi: Fernandoa
Flora of Mozambique: Fernandoa
Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Fernandoa

External websites:

ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Fernandoa
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Fernandoa
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GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Fernandoa
Wikipedia: Fernandoa
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Fernandoa
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Fernandoa

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: Genus page: Fernandoa.
https://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=1309, retrieved 29 March 2023

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