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4416.000 Tragia
Description of the genus
Erect or scrambling or twining, monoecious (rarely dioecious) perennial herbs or shrubs, with stinging hairs. Leaves alternate, stipulate, often cordate. Flowers in racemes, usually mostly male with 1-2 females at the base. Bracts conspicuous, persistent. Petals 0. Male flowers with 3 sepals and 3 stamens. Female flowers with 3 or 6 pinnate or palmate sepals, becoming enlarged in fruit. Ovary 3-locular. Derivation of name: named after the German botanist Hieronymus Bock, whose Latin name was Tragus, 1498-1554. Worldwide: 100 species in tropical and warm areas Zimbabwe: 14 taxa. Insects associated with this genus:
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| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| benthamii Baker | N,S | |
| brevipes Pax | N,W | Description, Image |
| brevipes-benthamii-okanyu intermediates | N,S | |
| dioica Sond. | S | |
| furialis Bojer | E | Description, Image |
| gardneri Prain | W,C | Description, Image |
| incisifolia Prain | E,S | |
| kirkiana Müll. Arg. | N,W,C,S | Description, Image |
| mazoensis Radcl.-Sm.[End][DD] | N | Description, Image |
| okanyua Pax | N,W,C,E,S | Description, Image |
| plukenetii Radcl.-Sm. | E | |
| prionoides Radcl.-Sm. | W,C,E,S | |
| rhodesiae Pax | N,C | |
| tenuifolia Benth. | E |
Other sources of information about Tragia:
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Flora of Botswana: TragiaFlora of Caprivi: Tragia
Flora of Malawi: Tragia
Flora of Mozambique: Tragia
Flora of Zambia: Tragia
External websites:
ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): TragiaFlora Zambesiaca web site: Tragia
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Tragia
Wikipedia: Tragia
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Tragia
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Tragia
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