Oldfieldia Benth. & Hook. f.

Description of the genus

Dioecious trees, with simple indumentum. Leaves alternate, opposite or in whorls of 3, digitately 3-8-foliolate, long-petiolate; stipules 0. Leaflets entire, stalked or sessile. Inflorescences cymose, axillary, solitary or in pairs; male inflorescences many-flowered; female inflorescences 1-3-flowered. Male flowers: sepals 5-8, unequal; petals 0; stamens 4-12, free; disk central, thick, fleshy. Female flowers: sepals longer and narrower than the male, persistent in fruit; ovary 2-3-locular with 2 ovules per loculus; styles 2-3. Fruits 2-3-locular, depressed ovoid-subspherical, tardily dehiscent into 2-3 valves. Seeds usually 3 per fruit, ± flattened.

Derivation of name: 4 species in tropical Africa

Zambia: 1 taxon.

Oldfieldia dactylophylla

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SpeciesFZ divisionsProvincesContent
dactylophylla (Welw. ex Oliv.) LéonardB,N,W,CNw,Cb,Lp,N,CImage

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Flora of Malawi: Oldfieldia
Flora of Mozambique: Oldfieldia

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

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: Oldfieldia.
https://www.zambiaflora.com/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=2291, retrieved 28 March 2024

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