5529.000 Cassipourea Aubl.

Description of the genus

Trees and shrubs. Leaves opposite, rarely whorled; margin serrate in upper half or entire. Inflorescence 1-4-flowered, lax or congested or in dense congested fascicles. Petals clawed, linear or spathulate, usually laciniate above. Stamens many. Ovary superior to subinferior. Fruit a capsule; seeds 2-4, arillate.

Worldwide: 40 species in tropical America, tropical and South Africa, Madagascar and Sri Lanka

Zambia: 5 taxa.

Cassipourea mollis

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SpeciesFZ divisionsProvincesContent
fanshawei Torre & Gonçalves [End][VU]NNDescription
gossweileri ExellC,SLk,S
gummiflua Tul. var. ugandensis (Stapf) J.Lewis WNw,Cb
malosana (Baker) AlstonWNw,C,LkDescription, Image
mollis (R.E. Fr.) AlstonN,C,ECb,N,EImage

Other sources of information about Cassipourea:

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Flora of Caprivi: cultivated Cassipourea
Flora of Malawi: Cassipourea
Flora of Mozambique: Cassipourea
Flora of Zimbabwe: Cassipourea

External websites:

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Cassipourea
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Cassipourea
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Cassipourea
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Cassipourea
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Cassipourea
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Cassipourea
JSTOR Plant Science: Cassipourea
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Cassipourea
Plants of the World Online: Cassipourea
Tropicos: Cassipourea
Wikipedia: Cassipourea

Copyright: Mike Bingham, Annette Willemen, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Mark Hyde, 2011-24

Bingham, M.G., Willemen, A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. and Hyde, M.A. (2024). Flora of Zambia: Genus page: Cassipourea.
https://www.zambiaflora.com/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=1006, retrieved 28 March 2024

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