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6466.000 Anthocleista
Description of the genus
Trees (ours), shrubs or lianes. Leaves opposite, extremely large (in ours). Inflorescence terminal, dichasial or ± so, large, much-branched. Sepals 4, ± circular. Corolla white, creamy or rarely pale yellow, actinomorphic, thick, fleshy; lobes 8-16, contorted in bud. Ovary superior. Fruit a berry. Derivation of name: Anthos - a flower; cleistos - closed. Worldwide: 14 species in tropical Africa, Madagascar and Mascarenes Zambia: 4 taxa. |
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Links to taxa: View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this genus
| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| grandiflora Gilg | Description, Image | |
| liebrechtsiana De Wild. & T.Dur. | ||
| schweinfurthii Gilg | ||
| vogelii Planch. |
Other sources of information about Anthocleista:
Our websites:
Flora of Burundi: AnthocleistaFlora of Caprivi: Anthocleista
Flora of the DRC: Anthocleista
Flora of Malawi: Anthocleista
Flora of Mozambique: Anthocleista
Flora of Rwanda: Anthocleista
Flora of Zimbabwe: Anthocleista
Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Anthocleista
External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): AnthocleistaBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Anthocleista
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Anthocleista
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Anthocleista
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Anthocleista
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Anthocleista
JSTOR Plant Science: Anthocleista
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Anthocleista
Plants of the World Online: Anthocleista
Tropicos: Anthocleista
Wikipedia: Anthocleista
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