2681.000 Cleistochlamys Oliv.

Description of the genus

Shrub or small tree, erect or straggling. Flowers solitary, axillary, sessile. Bracteoles 4-5, persistent. Calyx entire and completely enclosing the petals in bud, splitting into 3 sepals. Petals 6, in two whorls, free. Stamens numerous, cuneate-quadrate. Carpels 6-10, free. Ripe carpels indehiscent, cylindric, stipitate, succulent. Seed vertical; aril 0.

Worldwide: 1 species in eastern and south-eastern tropical Africa

Zambia: 1 taxon.

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Species	FZ divisions	Provinces	Content
kirkii (Benth.) Oliv.	C	Lk	Description, Image

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Flora of Malawi: Cleistochlamys
Flora of Mozambique: Cleistochlamys
Flora of Zimbabwe: Cleistochlamys

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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Cleistochlamys
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Cleistochlamys
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IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Cleistochlamys
JSTOR Plant Science: Cleistochlamys
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Cleistochlamys
Plants of the World Online: Cleistochlamys
Tropicos: Cleistochlamys
Wikipedia: Cleistochlamys

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: Cleistochlamys.
https://www.zambiaflora.com/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=595, retrieved 22 November 2024

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