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4361.000 Caperonia
Description of the genus
Monoecious herbs, usually in marshy places. Indumentum simple. Leaves alternate, simple, serrate. Inflorescences axillary, spicate or racemose, pedunculate, female flowers below, male above. Male flowers: calyx closed in bud, splitting into 5 valvate lobes; petals 5; disk 0; stamens 10, partially fused into a column with pistillode at apex. Female flowers: sepals 5-10, accrescent; petals 5-6; ovary 3-locular; styles 3, deeply laciniate. Fruits 3-lobed, hispid or echinate, dehiscent. Worldwide: 40 species in tropical America, Africa and Madagascar Zimbabwe: 1 taxon. |
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Flora of Botswana: CaperoniaFlora of Caprivi: Caperonia
Flora of Malawi: Caperonia
Flora of Mozambique: Caperonia
Flora of Zambia: Caperonia
External websites:
ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): CaperoniaFlora Zambesiaca web site: Caperonia
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GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Caperonia
Wikipedia: Caperonia
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Caperonia
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Caperonia
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