7467.000 Aptosimum Burch. ex Benth.

Description of the genus

Woody herbs or subshrubs. Leaves alternate, 1-veined, entire. Flowers axillary, solitary or in short cymes. Calyx 5-lobed; tube campanulate. Corolla 5-lobed; lobes rounded. Stamens 4.

Worldwide: c. 40 species in tropical and southern Africa

Mozambique: 1 taxon.

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Species	FZ divisions	Content
lineare Marloth & Engl.	Z,GI	Description, Image

Other sources of information about Aptosimum:

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Flora of Botswana: Aptosimum
Flora of Caprivi: Aptosimum
Flora of Zambia: Aptosimum
Flora of Zimbabwe: Aptosimum

External websites:

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Aptosimum
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Aptosimum
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Aptosimum
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Aptosimum
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Aptosimum
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Aptosimum
JSTOR Plant Science: Aptosimum
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Aptosimum
Plants of the World Online: Aptosimum
Tropicos: Aptosimum
Wikipedia: Aptosimum

Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave 2007-24

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Mozambique: Genus page: Aptosimum.
https://www.mozambiqueflora.com/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=1259, retrieved 24 November 2024

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