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5369.010 Paropsia
Description of the genus
Trees or shrubs, usually with a rusty indumentum. Stipules minute, caducous. Leaves alternate, petiolate, coriaceous. Inflorescences in terminal panicles. Flowers bisexual, 5-merous. Corona well-developed, composed of numerous laciniae in 1 row. Stamens 5; filaments connate below. Ovary 1-locular with 3-5, multiovulate, parietal placentas. Styles (2-)3(-5). Capsule 3(-5)-valved; valves tomentose, membranous. Seeds ovoid, flattened, enveloped by a fleshy cup-shaped aril. Worldwide: c.10 species in Africa and Madagascar and 1 in Sumatra and Malaysia. Zambia: 1 taxon. |
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Other sources of information about Paropsia:
Our websites:
Flora of Botswana: ParopsiaFlora of Caprivi: Paropsia
Flora of Mozambique: Paropsia
Flora of Zimbabwe: Paropsia
External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): ParopsiaBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Paropsia
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Paropsia
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Paropsia
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Paropsia
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Paropsia
JSTOR Plant Science: Paropsia
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Paropsia
Plants of the World Online: Paropsia
Tropicos: Paropsia
Wikipedia: Paropsia
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