8412.000 Lasianthus Jack

Description of the genus

Shrubs or rarely small trees. Stipules interpetiolar. Leaves opposite. Flowers few, heterostylous and (in ours) borne in sessile axillary fascicles. Calyx tube subspherical; limb 3-6-lobed. Corolla pink or white, salver-shaped with 4-6 lobes. Ovary 4-12-locular; ovule solitary in each loculus, erect from the base. Fruits succulent, blue. Seeds with fleshy endosperm.

Worldwide: c. 170 species in tropcal Africa, Indomalesia to Australia

Zambia: 1 taxon.

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Species	FZ divisions	Provinces	Content
kilimandscharicus K. Schum. subsp. kilimandscharicus	N	N	Description, Image

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Flora of Burundi: Lasianthus
Flora of Malawi: Lasianthus
Flora of Mozambique: Lasianthus
Flora of Zimbabwe: Lasianthus

External websites:

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

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: Lasianthus.
https://www.zambiaflora.com/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=1417, retrieved 25 November 2024

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