2673.000 Uvaria
Description of the genus
Shrubs or small trees, usually climbing or scrambling. Stamens numerous, linear or obconic; anther-thecae not septate. Inflorescence of solitary flowers or of few-flowered cymes, these terminal or extra-axillary, often leaf-opposed. Sepals 3. Petals 6, in two rows. Carpels, many, free in fruit, borne on a stipe, globular to cylindric, indehiscent, dry or succulent, sometimes edible. Worldwide: 110 species in the tropics of the Old World DRC: 22 taxa. |
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| Species | Botanical divisions | Content |
| angolensis Oliv. | VI,VIII,IX,XI | Image |
| anisotricha (Le Thomas) Couvreur | ||
| anonoides Baker f. | ||
| baumannii Engl. & Diels | ||
| brevistipitata De Wild. | ||
| cabrae De Wild. | ||
| chamae P.Beauv. | ||
| comperei Le Thomas | ||
| dacremontii Boutique | ||
| laurentii De Wild. [End] [LR-lc] | III, VI | Image |
| leopoldvillensis De Wild. | ||
| mocoli De Wild. & T.Durand | ||
| muricata Pierre ex Engl. & Diels | ||
| osmantha Diels | ||
| poggei Engl. & Diels | ||
| pulchra Louis ex Boutique | ||
| rivularis Louis ex Boutique | ||
| scabrida Oliv. | ||
| schweinfurthii Engl. & Diels | ||
| smithii Engl. | ||
| versicolor Pierre ex Engl. & Diels | ||
| welwitschii (Hiern) Engl. & Diels |
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Flora of Kenya: Uvaria
Flora of Malawi: Uvaria
Flora of Mozambique: Uvaria
Flora of Rwanda: Uvaria
Flora of Tanzania: Uvaria
Flora of Uganda: Uvaria
Flora of Zambia: Uvaria
Flora of Zimbabwe: Uvaria
External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): UvariaBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Uvaria
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Uvaria
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Uvaria
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iNaturalist: Uvaria
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Uvaria
JSTOR Plant Science: Uvaria
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Uvaria
Plants of the World Online: Uvaria
Tropicos: Uvaria
Wikipedia: Uvaria