Petiveria L.

Meerts, P. (2025) Petiveriaceae Flore d'Afrique Centrale Nouvelle Serie Jardin Botanique Meise, Belgique

Description of the genus

Perennial herbs or subshrubs. Leaves alternate. Inflorescences terminal or axillary in spicate racemes. Flowers with 4 sepals; 4-8 stamens; ovary ellipsoid; stigma 1, without a style. Fruit an achene, bilobed at the apex, crowned by 4-6 strongly reflexed hookes spines, 1-seeded.

Worldwide: A single species, native in tropical and subtropical America; introduced and naturalized in parts of tropical Africa and Asia.

DRC: 1 taxon.

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Species	Botanical divisions	Content
alliacea L. var. alliacea	V,VI	Description

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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Petiveria
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