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5516.000 Cariniana
Mori, S. A. & Prance, G. T. (2006 onwards) The Lecythidaceae Pages (http://sweetgum.nybg.org/lp/index.html). The New York Botanical Garden, Bronx, New York.
Description of the genus
Trees. Leaves simple, alternate, small to medium-sized (3-16 cm long). Inflorescences terminal or axillary, consisting of racemes or once-branched paniculate arrangements of racemes. Flowers present with the leaves, zygomorphic. Sepals 6. Petals 6, flat at the apex. Androecium forming a short, membranous tube, prolonged on one side into a ligule but hood not developed, the stamens scattered over the inner surface of the tube, not reflexed; anthers laterally dehiscent. Ovary 3-locular; ovules c. 6 per locule. Fruit dehiscent, remaining on tree at maturity, cylindric, woody. Seeds winged on one side, numerous. Worldwide: 15 species in tropical America Zimbabwe: 1 cultivated taxon. |
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| Species | Content |
| estrellensis (Raddi) Kuntze | Description, Image |
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External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): CarinianaBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Cariniana
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Cariniana
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Cariniana
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Cariniana
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Cariniana
JSTOR Plant Science: Cariniana
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Cariniana
Plants of the World Online: Cariniana
Tropicos: Cariniana
Wikipedia: Cariniana
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