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Campylostemon Welw.

Robson, N.K.B. (1966) Celastraceae Flora Zambesiaca 2(2)

Description of the genus

Lianes or scandent shrubs, with latex. Leaves opposite, petiolate; stipule free, caducous. Inflorescence pedunculate, cymose, dichasial, simple, without axillary branches, axillary and sometimes terminal; bracts persistent. Sepals 5, imbricate, free or ± united; petals (4) 5, imbricate in buds; disk absent. Ovary superior, 3-locular, with 5–16 axile ovules per loculus, sessile. Fruit of 3 capsular mericarps united at the base; mericarps dorsiventrally flattened, dehiscing by the median suture. Seeds with long winged stalks.

Worldwide: 10 species in tropical Africa.

Zambia: 1 taxon.

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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Campylostemon
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Campylostemon
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Campylostemon
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Campylostemon
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iNaturalist: Campylostemon
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Campylostemon
JSTOR Plant Science: Campylostemon
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Campylostemon
Plants of the World Online: Campylostemon
Tropicos: Campylostemon
Wikipedia: Campylostemon
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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: Campylostemon.
https://www.zambiaflora.com/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=2036, retrieved 4 December 2024

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