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5284.010 Xylotheca
Description of the genus
Unarmed shrubs. Sepals caducous. Leaves entire. Flowers solitary, male or bisexual, large and showy. Sepals 3-4. Petals free, white, 7-12, more numerous than the sepals. Stamens numerous. Ovary sessile, 1-locular. Fruit a woody capsule; valves 8, thick. Worldwide: 3 species in E and SE Africa Mozambique: 4 taxa. |
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Links to taxa: View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this genus
| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| kraussiana Hochst. var. kraussiana | GI,M | Description, Image |
| tettensis (Klotzsch) Gilg var. macrophylla (Klotzsch) Wild | N,Z,T,MS | Description, Image |
| tettensis (Klotzsch) Gilg var. tettensis | Z,T,MS | |
| tettensis (Klotzsch) Gilg var. kirkii (Oliv.) Wild | N |
Other sources of information about Xylotheca:
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Flora of Malawi: XylothecaFlora of Zimbabwe: Xylotheca
External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): XylothecaBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Xylotheca
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Xylotheca
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Xylotheca
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Xylotheca
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Xylotheca
JSTOR Plant Science: Xylotheca
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Xylotheca
Plants of the World Online: Xylotheca
Tropicos: Xylotheca
Wikipedia: Xylotheca
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