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3164.000 Cotyledon
Description of the genus
Succulent subshrubs or shrubs. Leaves opposite and decussate or whorled, sometimes subrosulate, fleshy, flat to terete, usually entire. Inflorescences terminal on a long peduncle, cymose (in ours). Flowers 5-merous, showy, pendulous (in ours). Calyx shorter than corolla tube. Corolla gamopetalous; tube ± cylindric, 5-angled. Stamens 10. Carpels 5, free. Worldwide: C. 10 species in Africa; mostly South Africa. Zimbabwe: 1 cultivated taxon. Insects associated with this genus:
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Other sources of information about Cotyledon:
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Flora of Mozambique: CotyledonFlora of Zimbabwe: Cotyledon
External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): CotyledonBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Cotyledon
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Cotyledon
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Cotyledon
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Cotyledon
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Cotyledon
JSTOR Plant Science: Cotyledon
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Cotyledon
Plants of the World Online: Cotyledon
Tropicos: Cotyledon
Wikipedia: Cotyledon
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