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8352.040 Keetia
Description of the genus
Climbing shrubs or lianes. Leaves opposite. Stipules interpetiolar, without a keeled lobe. Inflorescences pedunculate, branched cymes. Flowers 4-6-merous. Calyx: tube ellipsoid to ovoid; limb dentate. Corolla white, cream or yellow with a cylindric tube and reflexed lobes. Anthers exserted but not reflexed. Ovary 2-locular; ovule 1 per loculus. Fruit a 2-seeded drupe, ± 2-lobed and flattened. Derivation of name: after Johan Diederich Möhr Keet, 1882-1976, a South African forester and plant collector. Worldwide: 40 species in tropical and South Africa. Zimbabwe: 2 taxa. |
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Links to taxa: View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this genus
| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| gueinzii (Sond.) Bridson | E | Description, Image |
| venosa (Oliv.) Bridson | E | Description, Image |
Other sources of information about Keetia:
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Flora of Caprivi: cultivated KeetiaFlora of Malawi: Keetia
Flora of Mozambique: Keetia
Flora of Zambia: Keetia
External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): KeetiaBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Keetia
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Keetia
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Keetia
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Keetia
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Keetia
JSTOR Plant Science: Keetia
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Keetia
Plants of the World Online: Keetia
Tropicos: Keetia
Wikipedia: Keetia
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