4734.000 Allophylus
Description of the genus
Trees or shrubs. Leaves 3-foliolate, usually minutely glandular beneath. Inflorescence (in ours) a raceme-like, branched or unbranched, thyrse. Flowers unisexual, usually male and female in the same inflorescence (female apparently bisexual but anthers sterile), small (sepals less than 2 mm, petals less than 1.5 mm). Sepals 4, the 2 outer larger. Petals 4, each with a hairy scale, greenish, white or yellowish. Stamens 8. Ovary 2-lobed, loculi 1-ovulate. Fruit a drupe, with 1(-3) cocci, ± spherical (in ours). Allophylus species and species of Searsia both have 3-foliolate leaves and look superficially similar. See this note as to how to separate them. Worldwide: c.150-200 species, widespread in tropical and subtropical regions. Zimbabwe: 7 taxa. |
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Links to taxa: View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this genus
| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| abyssinicus (Hochst.) Radlk. | E | Description |
| africanus P. Beauv. | N,W,C,E,S | Description, Image |
| chaunostachys Gilg [VU] | E | Description, Image |
| chaunostachys × rubifolius | E | |
| chirindensis Baker f. [NrEnd?] [VU] | E | Description |
| rubifolius (Hochst. ex A. Rich.) Engl. var. rubifolius | E | Description, Image |
| rubifolius (Hochst. ex A. Rich.) Engl. var. alnifolius (Baker) Friis & Vollesen | W,E,S | Description, Image |
Other sources of information about Allophylus:
Our websites:
Flora of Botswana: AllophylusFlora of Burundi: Allophylus
Flora of Caprivi: Allophylus
Flora of the DRC: Allophylus
Flora of Malawi: Allophylus
Flora of Mozambique: Allophylus
Flora of Rwanda: Allophylus
Flora of Zambia: Allophylus
External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): AllophylusBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Allophylus
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Allophylus
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Allophylus
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iNaturalist: Allophylus
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Allophylus
JSTOR Plant Science: Allophylus
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Allophylus
Plants of the World Online: Allophylus
Tropicos: Allophylus
Wikipedia: Allophylus