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2347.010 Commicarpus
Description of the genus
Perennial herbs or subshrubs; often procumbent or climbing. Leaves opposite in ± equal pairs, often fleshy. Inflorescences umbellate, whorled, irregularly branched or mixed, pedunculate. Bracts linear-lanceolate. Flowers bisexual. Perianth with lower part constricted above ovary with glands over surface (especially apex); upper part petal-like, coloured, funnel-shaped. Stamens 2-5(-6). Fruits variously shaped, ± 10-grooved, with variously arranged large sticky glands. Worldwide: c. 20 species, mostly fom Africa but also southern Europe, Asia, Australia and parts of New World Zambia: 1 taxon. |
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| plumbagineus (Cav.) Standl. | B,N,C,?E,S | N,E,Lk,S,W | Description, Image |
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Flora of Botswana: CommicarpusFlora of Burundi: Commicarpus
Flora of Caprivi: Commicarpus
Flora of Malawi: Commicarpus
Flora of Mozambique: Commicarpus
Flora of Zimbabwe: Commicarpus
External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): CommicarpusBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Commicarpus
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Commicarpus
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Commicarpus
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Commicarpus
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Commicarpus
JSTOR Plant Science: Commicarpus
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Commicarpus
Plants of the World Online: Commicarpus
Tropicos: Commicarpus
Wikipedia: Commicarpus
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