6054.000 Diplolophium Turcz.

Description of the genus

Perennial herbs. Leaves 2-3-pinnate or 2-ternate with well-developed sheathing bases. Umbels compound. Bracts and bracteoles well-developed and conspicuous. Calyx teeth obsolete. Petals pubescent on the outer surface. Fruit cylindric to elliptic, subterete in section, bristly-hairy; ridges well-developed, obtuse.

Worldwide: 5-7 species in tropical Africa

Zambia: 1 taxon.

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Other sources of information about Diplolophium:

Our websites:

Flora of Burundi: Diplolophium
Flora of Malawi: Diplolophium
Flora of Mozambique: Diplolophium
Flora of Zimbabwe: Diplolophium

External websites:

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

Copyright: Mike Bingham, Annette Willemen, Nicholas Wightman, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Mark Hyde, 2011-24

Bingham, M.G., Willemen, A., Wightman, N., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. and Hyde, M.A. (2024). Flora of Zambia: Genus page: Diplolophium.
https://www.zambiaflora.com/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=1048, retrieved 22 November 2024

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