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Tropaeolaceae - Nasturtium family

Description of the family

Usually climbing or trailing herbs with ± succulent stems and leaves. Stipules present. Leaves alternate, peltate. Flowers solitary on long axillary peduncles, strongly zygomorphic, showy, usually (in ours) red, orange or yellow. Sepals 5, one produced into a long slender nectar-spur. Petals 5, clawed, often cut or fringed, the 2 upper ones unlike the others. Stamens 8. Ovary 3-locular, each cell with 1 ovule. Fruit of three 1-seeded carpels.

Worldwide: 3 genera and 89 species from Central and South America.

Zimbabwe: 1 cultivated genus and 1 cultivated taxon.

Tropaeolum majus

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Tropaeolum L.Description, Image

Other sources of information about Tropaeolaceae:

Our websites:

Flora of Caprivi: cultivated Tropaeolaceae
Flora of Zimbabwe: Tropaeolaceae

External websites:

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Tropaeolaceae
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Tropaeolaceae
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Tropaeolaceae
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Tropaeolaceae
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Tropaeolaceae
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Tropaeolaceae
JSTOR Plant Science: Tropaeolaceae
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Tropaeolaceae
Wikipedia: Tropaeolaceae
Plants of the World Online: Tropaeolaceae
Tropicos: Tropaeolaceae



Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2002-24

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Zimbabwe: Cultivated plants: Family page: Tropaeolaceae.
https://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/cult/family.php?family_id=223, retrieved 19 March 2024

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