6430.000 Chionanthus L.

LINOCIERA Swartz

Description of the genus

Trees and shrubs, evergreen. Leaves opposite, simple, entire. Domatia present (in ours). Inflorescences consist of axillary, paniculate cymes or fascicles. Flowers 4-merous. Calyx deeply lobed. Corolla with a very short tube and linear lobes, lobes strongly concave, with incurved margins and hooded apex. Stamens 2. Ovary 2-locular. Fruit a 1-seeded drupe.

Worldwide: 100 species, mostly tropical and subtropical, but with a few temperate.

Mozambique: 3 taxa.

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Species	FZ divisions	Content
battiscombei (Hutch.) Stearn	N,Z,MS,M	Description, Image
foveolatus (E. Mey.) Stearn subsp. foveolatus	M
foveolatus (E. Mey.) Stearn subsp. major (I. Verd.) Stearn	MS

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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Chionanthus
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