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8354.000 Craterispermum
Description of the genus
Trees or shrubs. Leaves yellow-green, glabrous, opposite, petiolate. Inflorescences axillary (usually supra-axillary), consisting of short compact cymes, borne on a stout, flattened peduncle. Calyx tube truncate or with 5 short teeth. Corolla salver-shaped, white, sometimes pink in bud. Ovary 2-locular; ovules 1 per loculus, pendulous from the apex. Fruit subspherical. Worldwide: 16 species in tropical Africa, Madagascar and the Seychelles Mozambique: 1 taxon. |
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Other sources of information about Craterispermum:
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Flora of Burundi: CraterispermumFlora of Malawi: Craterispermum
Flora of Zambia: Craterispermum
Flora of Zimbabwe: Craterispermum
External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): CraterispermumBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Craterispermum
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Craterispermum
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Craterispermum
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Craterispermum
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Craterispermum
JSTOR Plant Science: Craterispermum
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Craterispermum
Plants of the World Online: Craterispermum
Tropicos: Craterispermum
Wikipedia: Craterispermum
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