8352.050 Pyrostria Juss.

Description of the genus

Small shrubs to trees. Stipules triangular at base, lobed. Leaves drying blackish-brown; domatia present; tertiary venation obscure. Inflorescences umbellate or 1-flowered, entirely enclosed in bud by paired connate bracts. Corolla: throat densely congested with hairs; lobes spreading or reflexed. Ovary 2-10-locular with 1 pendulous ovule per loculus. Pollen-presenter solid with style attached to the base. Fruit red to yellow, obcordate in side view.

Worldwide: c. 45 species in Africa, Madagascar, Mauritius and Rodrigues.

Mozambique: 6 taxa.

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Species	FZ divisions	Content
bibracteata (Baker) Cavaco	N,Z,MS,GI	Description, Image
chapmanii Bridson subsp. A [NrEnd]	N,Z
hystrix (Bremek.) Bridson	GI
phyllanthoidea (Baill.) Bridson	N
sp. A	Z
sp. B	N

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Flora of Botswana: Pyrostria
Flora of Malawi: Pyrostria
Flora of Zambia: Pyrostria
Flora of Zimbabwe: Pyrostria

External websites:

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