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4646.000 Pleurostylia
Description of the genus
Glabrous, unarmed, trees or shrubs. Leaves opposite. Inflorescence a pedunculate dichasial cyme, single or paired in a leaf axil. Flowers bisexual, rarely unisexual,. Sepals (4-)5, united at base. Petals (4-)5, greenish. Disk intrastaminal, (4-)5-lobed. Ovary superior, 2-locular, with only 1 fertile loculus. Stigma peltate, unlobed. Fruit indehiscent, a small nut, with a persistent lateral style. Seeds 1(-2), without an aril. Derivation of name: from Greek: pleuron meaning side, stylis meaning style, referring to the lateral style Worldwide: c. 3-4 species in tropical and South Africa, southern Asia, northern Australia and New Caledonia. Mozambique: 3 taxa. |
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| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| africana Loes. | N,Z | Description, Image |
| capensis (Turcz.) Oliv. | M | |
| opposita (Wall.) Alston | N,Z,MS |
Other sources of information about Pleurostylia:
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Flora of Malawi: PleurostyliaFlora of Zambia: Pleurostylia
Flora of Zimbabwe: Pleurostylia
External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): PleurostyliaBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Pleurostylia
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Pleurostylia
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Pleurostylia
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Pleurostylia
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Pleurostylia
JSTOR Plant Science: Pleurostylia
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Pleurostylia
Plants of the World Online: Pleurostylia
Tropicos: Pleurostylia
Wikipedia: Pleurostylia
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