4275.000 Securidaca L.

Description of the genus

Small trees or shrubs. Leaves entire. Flowers zygomorphic, in terminal and axillary racemes. Sepals unequal, 5, the two lateral ones (wings) larger and petaloid, free. Petals 3 (occasionally 5 with 2 vestigial), free. Stamens 8. Ovary 1-locular. Fruit an indehiscent samara, usually 1-winged but sometimes with a second rudimentary wing. Seed 1, ecarunculate.

Worldwide: 80 species in the tropics (excluding Australia)

Zambia: 2 taxa.

Securidaca longepedunculata

Links to taxa:     View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this genus

SpeciesFZ divisionsProvincesContent
longepedunculata Fresen.[LR-lc]B,N,W,C,E,SNw,Cb,Lp,N,Mc,E,C,Lk,S,WDescription, Image
welwitschii Oliv. [VU]WNw

Other sources of information about Securidaca:

Our websites:

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

External websites:

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

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: Securidaca.
https://www.zambiaflora.com/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=825, retrieved 19 March 2024

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