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6430.000 Chionanthus
LINOCIERA Swartz
Description of the genus
Trees and shrubs, evergreen. Leaves opposite, simple, entire. Domatia present (in ours). Inflorescences consist of axillary, paniculate cymes or fascicles. Flowers 4-merous. Calyx deeply lobed. Corolla with a very short tube and linear lobes, lobes strongly concave, with incurved margins and hooded apex. Stamens 2. Ovary 2-locular. Fruit a 1-seeded drupe. Worldwide: 100 species, mostly tropical and subtropical, but with a few temperate. Zambia: 3 taxa. |
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Links to taxa: View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this genus
| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| battiscombei (Hutch.) Stearn | W,E | Description, Image |
| niloticus (Oliv.) Stearn [DD] | ||
| richardsiae Stearn [VU] |
Other sources of information about Chionanthus:
Our websites:
Flora of Malawi: ChionanthusFlora of Mozambique: Chionanthus
Flora of Zimbabwe: Chionanthus
External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): ChionanthusBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Chionanthus
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Chionanthus
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Chionanthus
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Chionanthus
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Chionanthus
JSTOR Plant Science: Chionanthus
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Chionanthus
Plants of the World Online: Chionanthus
Tropicos: Chionanthus
Wikipedia: Chionanthus
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