4076.000 Vepris Comm. ex A. Juss.

DIPHASIOPSIS Mendonça

Description of the genus

Trees or shrubs, without prickles. Leaves alternate or rarely opposite (in V. bachmannii), 1- or 3-5-foliolate. Inflorescences of axillary and terminal racemes, panicles or clustered cymes. Flowers usually unisexual by abortion, (2-)4(-5)-merous. Sepals united to form a cup-shaped (3-)4-5-lobed calyx. Petals (3-)4, oblong. Male flowers: stamens 4-5 or (6-)8. Female flowers: ovary 1-2-4-locular, smooth. Fruit drupaceous, smooth, usually 1-2-4-seeded or sometimes woody and verrucose (in V. bremekampii).

Worldwide: 90 species in tropical and South Africa, Mascarenes and India.

Zambia: 10 taxa.

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SpeciesFZ divisionsProvincesContent
bachmannii (Engl.) MzirayEEDescription, Image
fanshawei Mendonça [End][DD]NE,SDescription
grandifolia (Engl.) MzirayWNw,Cb,C
mendoncana Mziray [LR-lc]N
nobilis (Delile) MzirayN,W,ENw,N,Mc,LkDescription, Image
rogersii (Mendonça) MzirayE,SE,S
stolzii I. Verd.N,W,ECb,N,E
termitaria Mendonça [End][VU]WCbDescription
whitei MendonçaNLp,N,Mc
zambesiaca S. MooreSC,SDescription

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Flora of Botswana: Vepris
Flora of Caprivi: Vepris
Flora of Caprivi: cultivated Vepris
Flora of Malawi: Vepris
Flora of Mozambique: Vepris
Flora of Zimbabwe: Vepris
Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Vepris

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

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: Vepris.
https://www.zambiaflora.com/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=803, retrieved 28 March 2024

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