Oldfieldia
Byng, J.W. (2015) Picrodendraceae Flore d'Afrique Centrale Nouvelle Serie Botanic Garden Meise, Belgium
Leonard, J. (1956) Notulae Systematicae XXI; Observation sur les Genres Oldfieldia, Paivaeusa et Cecchia (Euphorbiaceae africanae))g Bull. Jard. Bot. Etat Brux. XXVI(4) 235-243
Radcliffe-Smith, A. (1996) Euphorbiaceae Flora Zambesiaca 9(4)
Thulin, M. (ed.) (1993) 69. Euphorbiaceae Flora of Somalia Volume one 276-339
Description of the genus
Dioecious trees, with simple indumentum. Leaves alternate, opposite or in whorls of 3, digitately 3-8-foliolate, long-petiolate; stipules 0. Leaflets entire, stalked or sessile. Inflorescences cymose, axillary, solitary or in pairs; male inflorescences many-flowered; female inflorescences 1-3-flowered. Male flowers: sepals 5-8, unequal; petals 0; stamens 4-12, free; disk central, thick, fleshy. Female flowers: sepals longer and narrower than the male, persistent in fruit; ovary 2-3-locular with 2 ovules per loculus; styles 2-3. Fruits 2-3-locular, depressed ovoid-subspherical, tardily dehiscent into 2-3 valves. Seeds usually 3 per fruit, ± flattened. Comment: This genus was formerly included in Euphorbiaceae sensu lato. Worldwide: 4 species in tropical Africa DRC: 2 taxa. |
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| Species | Botanical divisions | Content |
| dactylophylla (Welw. ex Oliv.) Léonard | IV,V,XI | Description, Image |
| macrocarpa J.Léonard [End] | IV,VI | Description |
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