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5481.000 Pemphis
Description of the genus
Shrubs or small trees. Leaves simple, decussate, entire, without pellucid gland dots. Flowers actinomorphic, 6-merous, axillary, solitary or rarely in pairs, sometimes with short- and long-styled forms. Calyx campanulate, coriaceous, with short, horn-shaped, not folded, appendages. Petals 6, obovate, corrugated. Stamens 12 or 18. Ovary spherical. Stigma 2-lobed. Ovules numerous, erect. Capsule ± enclosed in the calyx tube and only slightly exserted, dehiscing by a transverse slit (circumscissile). Seeds numerous, obcuneate, winged. Mozambique: 1 taxon. |
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| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| acidula J.R. Forst. & G. Forst. | N,GI | Description, Image |
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External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): PemphisBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Pemphis
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Pemphis
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Pemphis
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Pemphis
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Pemphis
JSTOR Plant Science: Pemphis
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Pemphis
Plants of the World Online: Pemphis
Tropicos: Pemphis
Wikipedia: Pemphis
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