2724.000 Artabotrys R. Br.

Description of the genus

Small trees, shrubs, often climbing or lianes. Flowers solitary or in condensed cymes, extra-axillary; peduncles hooked or zigzag. Bracts and bracteoles small, caducous. Sepals 3. Petals 6, in two whorls, free. Stamens numerous, oblong or wedge-shaped. Carpels 6-numerous, free. Ripe carpels indehiscent, cylindric or ellipsoid, stipitate, succulent. Seeds vertical; aril 0.

Worldwide: 100 species in the Old World tropics

Zimbabwe: 2 taxa.

Artabotrys brachypetalus

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SpeciesFZ divisionsContent
brachypetalus Benth.N,W,C,E,SDescription, Image
monteiroae Oliv.[LR-lc]EDescription, Image

Other sources of information about Artabotrys:

Our websites:

Flora of Botswana: Artabotrys
Flora of Burundi: Artabotrys
Flora of Caprivi: Artabotrys
Flora of the DRC: Artabotrys
Flora of Malawi: Artabotrys
Flora of Mozambique: Artabotrys
Flora of Zambia: Artabotrys

External websites:

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Artabotrys
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Artabotrys
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Artabotrys
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Artabotrys
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Artabotrys
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Artabotrys
JSTOR Plant Science: Artabotrys
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Artabotrys
Plants of the World Online: Artabotrys
Tropicos: Artabotrys
Wikipedia: Artabotrys

Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2002-24

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Zimbabwe: Genus page: Artabotrys.
https://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=600, retrieved 8 December 2024

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