5435.000 Gnidia L.

Description of the genus

Shrubs or perennial herbs arising from a woody base or rhizome. Leaves alternate, rarely opposite. Inflorescences consisting of bracteate few-many-flowered heads. Flowers bisexual, 4-5-merous. Calyx-tube cylindric, usually articulated above the ovary, lobes coloured. Petals alternating with the calyx lobes, sometimes 0. Stamens in 2 whorls in the throat of the calyx tube. Fruit dry, small.

Derivation of name: named after the Greek city Knidos

Worldwide: 140 species in tropical and South Africa, Madagascar extending to Sri Lanka

DRC: 1 taxon.

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involucrata Steud. ex A. Rich.Description, Image

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Flora of Botswana: Gnidia
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Flora of Malawi: Gnidia
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Flora of Zambia: Gnidia
Flora of Zimbabwe: Gnidia

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



Flora of the Democratic Republic of Congo: Genus page: Gnidia.
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