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8283.200 Aidia
Description of the genus
Shrub or small tree (in ours). Leaves opposite, occurring in equal pairs at non-flowering nodes but with one reduced to a scale at flowering nodes. Inflorescences of pedunculate cymes, occurring at every other node. Flowers bisexual, 5-merous. Calyx with reduced lobes. Corolla tube cylindric with hairy throat; lobes overlapping to the left. Stamens exserted. Style exserted with a club-shaped apical stigma. Fruit spherical, with a circular scar left by the deciduous calyx limb. Worldwide: 13 species occurring in the Old World tropics extending to Australia Mozambique: 1 taxon. |
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Links to taxa: View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this genus
| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| micrantha (K. Schum.) Bullock ex F. White var. msonju (K. Krause) Petit | N,MS | Description, Image |
Other sources of information about Aidia:
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Flora of Burundi: AidiaFlora of Malawi: Aidia
Flora of Zambia: Aidia
Flora of Zimbabwe: Aidia
External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): AidiaBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Aidia
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Aidia
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Aidia
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Aidia
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Aidia
JSTOR Plant Science: Aidia
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Aidia
Plants of the World Online: Aidia
Tropicos: Aidia
Wikipedia: Aidia
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