Marquesia Gilg

Meerts, P. (2017) Dipterocarpaceae Flore d'Afrique Centrale Nouvelle Serie Jardin Botanique Meise, Belgique

Description of the genus

Tall trees, with buttresses. Leaves alternate, petiolate, entire, penninerved, with an extra-floral nectary at the base of the midrib on the upper surface; stipules caducous. Flowers in large terminal panicles, radially symmetric, bisexual; sepals 5, petals 5, white; fruit surrounded by the 5 acrescent sepals.

Comment: A recent proposal to validate the name Trillesanthus has been challenged. A ruling will be made at a specialist meeting.

Zambia: 2 taxa.

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Species	FZ divisions	Content
acuminata (Gilg) R.E. Fr. [VU]	N,W	Description, Image
macroura Gilg	N,W,C	Description, Image

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