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8339.000 Polysphaeria
Description of the genus
Shrubs or small trees, evergreen. Branches supra-axillary. Stipules triangular-acuminate. Leaves opposite; domatia 0. Inflorescences of dense congested clusters, sessile or distinctly pedunculate. Bracts and bracteoles sometimes chaffy, fused into cupules. Calyx limb-tube truncate or dentate. Corolla: tube cylindric or narrowly funnel-shaped, densely hairy at throat; lobes 4-5, spreading. Ovary 2-locular; ovule 1 per loculus. Fruits ± spherical. Seeds with fingerprint-like testa. Worldwide: 20 species in tropical Africa, Madagascar and the Comoros. Mozambique: 7 taxa. |
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| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| dischistocalyx Brenan | N | Image |
| harrisii I. Darbyshire & C. Langa[End] | N | |
| lanceolata Hiern var. pedata Brenan | Z,MS | |
| lanceolata Hiern subsp. lanceolata var. lanceolata | N,T,MS,GI | Description, Image |
| multiflora Hiern subsp. multiflora | N,Z | |
| multiflora Hiern subsp. pubescens Verdc. | N | |
| ribauensis I. Darbyshire & C. Langa[End] | N |
Other sources of information about Polysphaeria:
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Flora of Burundi: PolysphaeriaFlora of Malawi: Polysphaeria
Flora of Zambia: Polysphaeria
Flora of Zimbabwe: Polysphaeria
External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): PolysphaeriaBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Polysphaeria
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Polysphaeria
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Polysphaeria
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Polysphaeria
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Polysphaeria
JSTOR Plant Science: Polysphaeria
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Polysphaeria
Plants of the World Online: Polysphaeria
Tropicos: Polysphaeria
Wikipedia: Polysphaeria
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