8262.000 Pauridiantha Hook. f.

Description of the genus

Shrubs or small trees. Leaves opposite or whorled; lamina long-acuminate, often with domatia; petiole flattened, channelled. Inflorescences axillary or terminal, reduced (in ours) to 1-3 flowers in each axil. Flowers bisexual, heterostylous. Calyx short, dentate or lobed. Corolla salver-shaped, white to cream, densely hairy in the upper half within. Ovary 2-3-locular; ovules numerous in each loculus. Fruit a spherical berry. Seeds numerous.

Worldwide: c. 25 species in tropical Africa

Zambia: 1 taxon.

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SpeciesFZ divisionsProvincesContent
paucinervis (Hiern) Bremek. subsp. holstii (K. Schum.) Verdc.N,WNw,N

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Flora of Caprivi: cultivated Pauridiantha
Flora of Malawi: Pauridiantha
Flora of Mozambique: Pauridiantha
Flora of Zimbabwe: Pauridiantha

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

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: Pauridiantha.
https://www.zambiaflora.com/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=1374, retrieved 29 March 2024

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