Spermatophyta: Dicotyledonae: Archichlamydeae: Cucurbitales

Anisophylleaceae

Mabberley, D.J. (2002) The Plant Book Cambridge University Press, Cambridge

Torre, A. & Gonçalves, M. L. (1978) Rhizophoraceae Flora Zambesiaca 4

Description of the family

Trees and shrubs, often accumulating aluminium. Leaves spiral or alternate, simple, usually dimorphic (not in FZ); stipules 0. Flowers small, in axillary racemes or in panicles on leafless shoots. Fruit woody (not in our region) or drupaceous.

Comment: Eudicots (unranked) – Rosidae (unranked) – Order Cucurbitales – Family Anisophylleaceae

Worldwide: 4 genera (2 in Africa) and c. 30 species, in Tropics, America, Africa and Asia.

Zambia: 1 genus and 2 taxa.

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Genus	Content
Anisophyllea R. Br. ex Sabine	Description, Image

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Flora of Burundi: Anisophylleaceae
Flora of the DRC: Anisophylleaceae
Flora of Malawi: Anisophylleaceae
Flora of Mozambique: Anisophylleaceae

External websites:

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