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Didymodoxa Wedd.

Friis, I. (1991) Urticaceae Flora Zambesiaca 9(6)

Description of the genus

Slender annual herbs. Cystoliths dot-like. Leaves alternate, petiolate, serrate, dentate or entire; stipules lateral, free. Inflorescences of dense sessile clusters, axillary or on reduced branches, always without a common involucre, but often with ciliate or bristle-bearing bracts. Flowers few together, sessile; perianth boat-shaped. Fruit achene with a narrow, slightly unilateral wing.

Worldwide: 2-3 species in southern Africa.

Zambia: 1 taxon.

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caffra (Thunb.) Friis & Wilmot-DearWCb

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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Didymodoxa
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Didymodoxa
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Didymodoxa
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Didymodoxa
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iNaturalist: Didymodoxa
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Didymodoxa
JSTOR Plant Science: Didymodoxa
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Didymodoxa
Plants of the World Online: Didymodoxa
Tropicos: Didymodoxa
Wikipedia: Didymodoxa
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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: Didymodoxa .
https://www.zambiaflora.com/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=2033, retrieved 30 December 2024

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