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Byng, J.W. (2014) The Flowering Plants Handbook Plant Gateway Limited, Hertford, UK
Shrubs or small trees. Leaves simple, opposite or whorled; margins entire or less often toothed. Inflorescences consisting of spikes, thyrses, cymes, heads or solitary flowers; bracteate. Flowers often small, bisexual; zygomorphic or actinomorphic. Petals fused; imbricate; funnel-shaped or often tubular; persistent. Ovary superior; carpels fused. Fruit a capsule or berry. Worldwide: 8 genera and 40 species in Sub-Saharan Africa, western Indian Ocean and Arabia. Zimbabwe: 2 cultivated genera and 2 cultivated taxa. |
No image of a cultivated species but there is an image of a native or naturalised species |
| Genus | Content |
| Halleria L. | Description, Image |
| Nuxia Comm. ex Lam. | Description |
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