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4849.010 Ptaeroxylon Eckl. & Zeyh.

White, F. & Styles, B.T. (1966) Ptaeroxylaceae Flora Zambesiaca 2(2)

Description of the genus

Leaves opposite, paripinnate. Flowers dioecious, in contracted thyrses. Sepals 4, free almost to the base. Petals 4, imbricate. Ovary laterally compressed. Fruit capsule splitting into 2 persistent bilobed valves; central column breaking up into a number of fibrous strands.

Worldwide: 1 species in the southern half of Africa

Zambia: 1 taxon.

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Flora of Botswana: Ptaeroxylon
Flora of Caprivi: Ptaeroxylon
Flora of Mozambique: Ptaeroxylon
Flora of Zimbabwe: Ptaeroxylon
Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Ptaeroxylon

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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Ptaeroxylon
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Ptaeroxylon
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Ptaeroxylon
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IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Ptaeroxylon
JSTOR Plant Science: Ptaeroxylon
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Ptaeroxylon
Plants of the World Online: Ptaeroxylon
Tropicos: Ptaeroxylon
Wikipedia: Ptaeroxylon
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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: Ptaeroxylon.
https://www.zambiaflora.com/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=915, retrieved 24 November 2024

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