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Glyphaea
Description of the genus
Shrubs or trees. Leaves petiolate, strongly 3-veined from the base. Stipules caducous. Flowers in leaf-opposed or axillary, 1-several-flowered cymes. Sepals 5, stellately-hairy on the outside. Petals 5, bright yellow, without glands. Stamens numerous; anthers dehiscing by terminal pores. Style simple; stigma simple. Fruit oblong-cylindric or fusiform, indehiscent, woody, longitudinally ribbed. Seeds discoid. Worldwide: 2 species in tropical Africa 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 |
| tomentosa Mast.[NrEnd] | N,Z,MS | Description, Image |
Other sources of information about Glyphaea:
Our websites:
Flora of Burundi: GlyphaeaFlora of Malawi: Glyphaea
External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): GlyphaeaBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Glyphaea
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Glyphaea
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Glyphaea
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Glyphaea
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Glyphaea
JSTOR Plant Science: Glyphaea
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Glyphaea
Plants of the World Online: Glyphaea
Tropicos: Glyphaea
Wikipedia: Glyphaea
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