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AZANZA Alef.
THESPESIOPSIS Exell. & Hillc.
Areces-Berazain, F. & Ackerman, J. (2020) A revision of Thespesia and allied genera in Tribe Gossypieae (Malvaceae-Malvoideae). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12228-019-09598-5. Brittonia.
Trees or shrubs with stems and leaves scaly or stellate-hairy. Leaves petiolate; lamina ovate to triangular or suborbicular, entire or less often palmately 3-lobed, with an elongated nectary on the midrib beneath. Pedicels with nectaries lacking or inconspicuous. Epicalyx of 3-17 linear to lanceolate bracteoles. Calyx broadly cup-shaped, entire or with 5 teeth. Corolla usually yellow, less often white or deep rose, usually with a red centre. Capsule (3-) 5-locular, usually indehiscent, woody or sometimes fleshy. Seeds 1 per loculus, relatively large (7–16 mm long), glabrous to densely woolly. Derivation of name: from the Greek thespesios, meaning divine, wondrous, or excellent, alluding to its planting in sacred groves and use for carving religious sculpture. Worldwide: 14 species in the Old Word tropics and subtropics and Australia. Zimbabwe: 1 taxon. |
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