8293.000 Oxyanthus DC.

Description of the genus

Shrubs or trees. Stipules erect, persistent. Leaves opposite or 3-nate, with domatia. Flowers in panicles, lateral at successive nodes, white, bisexual. Corolla tube long, very narrowly cylindric; lobes narrow, contorted. Stamens exserted. Ovary 1-2-locular with 2 placentas. Fruit spherical, ellipsoid or fusiform. Seeds large, flattened-ellipsoid.

Derivation of name: Gk: oxyanthus: with pointed flowers

Worldwide: 40 species, Africa

Rwanda: 4 taxa.

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SpeciesContent
goetzei K. Schum.Description, Image
speciosus DC. subsp. mollis (Hutch.) Bridson var. mollis
speciosus DC. subsp. stenocarpus (K. Schum.) BridsonDescription, Image
troupinii Bridson

Other sources of information about Oxyanthus:

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Flora of Burundi: Oxyanthus
Flora of Malawi: Oxyanthus
Flora of Mozambique: Oxyanthus
Flora of Zambia: Oxyanthus
Flora of Zimbabwe: Oxyanthus
Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Oxyanthus

External websites:

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Oxyanthus
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Oxyanthus
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Oxyanthus
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Oxyanthus
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Oxyanthus
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Oxyanthus
JSTOR Plant Science: Oxyanthus
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Oxyanthus
Plants of the World Online: Oxyanthus
Tropicos: Oxyanthus
Wikipedia: Oxyanthus

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