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8412.000 Lasianthus
Description of the genus
Shrubs or rarely small trees. Stipules interpetiolar. Leaves opposite. Flowers few, heterostylous and (in ours) borne in sessile axillary fascicles. Calyx tube subspherical; limb 3-6-lobed. Corolla pink or white, salver-shaped with 4-6 lobes. Ovary 4-12-locular; ovule solitary in each loculus, erect from the base. Fruits succulent, blue. Seeds with fleshy endosperm. Worldwide: c. 170 species in tropcal Africa, Indomalesia to Australia Mozambique: 1 taxon. |
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| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| kilimandscharicus K. Schum. subsp. kilimandscharicus | Z,MS | Description, Image |
Other sources of information about Lasianthus:
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Flora of Burundi: LasianthusFlora of Malawi: Lasianthus
Flora of Zambia: Lasianthus
Flora of Zimbabwe: Lasianthus
External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): LasianthusBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Lasianthus
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Lasianthus
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Lasianthus
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Lasianthus
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Lasianthus
JSTOR Plant Science: Lasianthus
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Lasianthus
Plants of the World Online: Lasianthus
Tropicos: Lasianthus
Wikipedia: Lasianthus
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