2696.000 Monanthotaxis Baill.

Leistner, O.A. (ed.) (2000) Seed plants of southern Africa: families and genera Strelitzia 10

Description of the genus

Trees, shrubs or lianes. Branches with prominent lenticels, red or blackish. Inflorescences of few-flowered fascicles or solitary flowers. Flowers bisexual or unisexual; bracteoles present, small, ovate-oblong. Sepals 3. Petals (4-)6, in 1-2 whorls; inner shorter than outer. Stamens 6-many in 1-several whorls. Carpels few-many, free. Fruit-segments cylindric, indehiscent, usually fleshy and constricted between the 1-8-seeds.

Worldwide: 56 species in tropical Africa and Madagascar

DRC: 1 taxon.

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SpeciesBotanical divisionsContent
orophila (Boutique) Verdc. [NrEnd] [LR-nt]IX

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Flora of Burundi: Monanthotaxis
Flora of Malawi: Monanthotaxis
Flora of Mozambique: Monanthotaxis
Flora of Rwanda: Monanthotaxis
Flora of Zambia: Monanthotaxis
Flora of Zimbabwe: Monanthotaxis

External websites:

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Monanthotaxis
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Monanthotaxis
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Monanthotaxis
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iNaturalist: Monanthotaxis
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Monanthotaxis
JSTOR Plant Science: Monanthotaxis
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Monanthotaxis
Plants of the World Online: Monanthotaxis
Tropicos: Monanthotaxis
Wikipedia: Monanthotaxis

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