6688.000 Strophanthus
Beentje, H. (2021) Apocynaceae, sous-familes I. Apocynoideae et II. Rauvolfioideae Flore d' Afrique Centrale Jardin botanique de Meise
Description of the genus
Lianes or climbing shrubs, with clear, white or yellow latex. Leaves opposite and decussate or ternate (rarely in whorls of 4). Inflorescences 1-many-flowered cymes, terminal or in the forks of branches. Corolla colour shades of white and red initially, later turning yellow and purple. Corolla consisting of tube, corona and lobes; the corona 10-lobed with lobes arranged in pairs between the corolla lobes; the lobes produced into long linear tails (in ours), overlapping to the right. Anthers connivent into a cone at the apex of the style. Ovary 2-locular. Fruit of 2 divergent, rigid or woody, tapering follicles. Seeds beaked with an apical tuft of hairs. Worldwide: 38 species in the Old World tropics DRC: 17 taxa. |
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| Species | Botanical divisions | Content |
| amboensis (Schinz) Engl. & Pax | III,IV | Description, Image |
| arnoldianus De Wild. & T.Durand [End] | II,III,IV | |
| bequaertii Staner & Michotte [NrEnd] | IX | Description, Image |
| bullenianus Mast. [EN] | III | Description |
| congoensis Franch. | IV,VI | Description |
| eminii Asch. & Pax | V,VI,XI | Description, Image |
| gardeniiflorus Gilg [NrEnd] [VU] | V,XI | Description, Image |
| gratus (Wall. & Hook. ex Benth.) Baill. | VI | Description |
| hispidus DC. | II,III,IV,VI | Description |
| holosericeus K. Schum. & Gilg [NrEnd] [VU] | XI | Description |
| ledienii Stein [VU] | III | |
| mortehanii De Wild. | IV,VI | Description |
| parviflorus Franch. | IV,VI | Description |
| preussii Engl. & Pax | II,IV,VI | Description |
| sarmentosus DC. | II,III,V,VI,VII | Description, Image |
| vanderijstii Staner [EN] | IV | |
| welwitschii (Baill.) K. Schum. | III,IV,V,XI | Description, Image |
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