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8283.110 Coddia
Description of the genus
Unarmed shrub or small tree. Leaves and flowers borne on short lateral shoots. Leaves small, lamina narrowing gradually into the petiole. Flowers bisexual, 5-merous, solitary, subterminal with 1-3 at ends of the lateral shoots. Calyx tube ellipsoid; limb-tube campanulate. Corolla tube funnel-shaped, strongly narrowed at the base; lobes 5 slightly shorter than the tube. Anthers linear. Ovary 2-locular; ovules 5-8. Fruit a small berry, 10-ribbed, crowned by the persistent calyx. Derivation of name: After Dr L.E.W. Codd, (1908-1999), botanist and ex-Director of the Botanical Research Institute, Pretoria. Worldwide: Zimbabwe, Mozambique, South Africa (Mpumalanga, KwaZulu-Natal and Eastern Cape) and Eswatini Mozambique: 1 taxon. |
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Flora of Botswana: CoddiaFlora of Zimbabwe: Coddia
External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): CoddiaBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Coddia
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Coddia
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Coddia
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iNaturalist: Coddia
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Coddia
JSTOR Plant Science: Coddia
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Coddia
Plants of the World Online: Coddia
Tropicos: Coddia
Wikipedia: Coddia
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