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4325.000 Hymenocardia
Description of the genus
Dioecious trees or shrubs. Stipules present. Leaves alternate, simple, entire, with domatia and golden glands beneath. Male inflorescences axillary (in ours), laxly spicate or ± paniculate; female terminal, few-flowered. Male flowers: calyx cup-shaped, with 4-6(-8) imbricate lobes; petals 0; disk 0; stamens 4-6; pistillode present. Female flowers: sepals 4-6(-9); petals 0; disk 0; ovary 2-locular; ovules 2 per loculus; styles 2. Fruit 2-coccous, flattened, winged, dehiscent or not. Seeds 1 per coccus, flat, winged or not. Worldwide: 6-7 species occurring in tropical and South Africa; one from SE Asia to Sumatra. Zimbabwe: 4 taxa. |
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Links to taxa: View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this genus
| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| acida Tul. var. acida | W,C,E | Description, Image |
| acida Tul. var. mollis (Pax) Radcl.-Sm. | C,E | Description |
| acida Tul.[Agg] | W,C,E | Image |
| ulmoides Oliv. | E,S | Description, Image |
Other sources of information about Hymenocardia:
Our websites:
Flora of Botswana: HymenocardiaFlora of Burundi: Hymenocardia
Flora of Caprivi: Hymenocardia
Flora of the DRC: Hymenocardia
Flora of Malawi: Hymenocardia
Flora of Mozambique: Hymenocardia
Flora of Zambia: Hymenocardia
External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): HymenocardiaBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Hymenocardia
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Hymenocardia
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Hymenocardia
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Hymenocardia
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Hymenocardia
JSTOR Plant Science: Hymenocardia
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Hymenocardia
Plants of the World Online: Hymenocardia
Tropicos: Hymenocardia
Wikipedia: Hymenocardia
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