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8157.000 Carphalea
Description of the genus
Small shrubs. Stipules with 3-5 linear setae. Leaves opposite or 3-nate. Flowers bisexual, dimorphic in dense few-many-flowered terminal corymbose inflorescences. Calyx: tube narrowly obconic; limb excentrically elliptic. Corolla: tube narrowly cylindric; lobes 4-5 oblong or ovate; throat densely hairy. Ovary 2-3-locular, each loculus with c.4-6 ovules. Fruit indehiscent, obconic, sometimes curved, of bony texture, strongly ribbed, the ribs running into the accrescent calyx, 1-2-seeded. Worldwide: 10 species in tropical Africa, Socotra and Madagascar Zimbabwe: 1 taxon. |
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| pubescens (Klotzsch) Verdc. | N,W,C,E | Description, Image |
Other sources of information about Carphalea:
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Flora of Botswana: CarphaleaFlora of Caprivi: Carphalea
Flora of Malawi: Carphalea
Flora of Mozambique: Carphalea
Flora of Zambia: Carphalea
External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): CarphaleaBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Carphalea
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Carphalea
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Carphalea
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Carphalea
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Carphalea
JSTOR Plant Science: Carphalea
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Carphalea
Plants of the World Online: Carphalea
Tropicos: Carphalea
Wikipedia: Carphalea
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