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8351.030 Tapiphyllum
Description of the genus
Shrub or small tree, the leaves, young shoots and inflorescences characteristically covered with dense velvety tomentum. Stipules connate with a linear apex. Leaves opposite (in ours), markedly discolorous. Flowers in subsessile axillary cymes. Calyx lobes 5. Corolla yellow to green, tube cylindric, lobes reflexed. Anthers ± exserted. Ovary 4-5(-6)-locular. Stigmatic club 4-5-lobed. Fruit ± spherical with 3-5 pyrenes. Worldwide: c. 20 species in tropical Africa Zimbabwe: 1 taxon. |
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| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| velutinum (Hiern) Robyns | N,W,C,E,S | Description, Image |
Other sources of information about Tapiphyllum:
Our websites:
Flora of Malawi: TapiphyllumFlora of Mozambique: Tapiphyllum
Flora of Zambia: Tapiphyllum
External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): TapiphyllumBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Tapiphyllum
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Tapiphyllum
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Tapiphyllum
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Tapiphyllum
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Tapiphyllum
JSTOR Plant Science: Tapiphyllum
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Tapiphyllum
Plants of the World Online: Tapiphyllum
Tropicos: Tapiphyllum
Wikipedia: Tapiphyllum
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