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Leistner, O.A. (ed.) (2000) Seed plants of southern Africa: families and genera Strelitzia 10
Trees or shrubs, erect. Leaves alternate, entire, sessile to subpetiolate. Flowers regular to very slightly irregular. Flowers solitary, terminal capitula with bracts at the base; bracts brown in male flowers and floral in female flowers; perianth cylindric tube very short. Fruit an ovoid achene, or a samara, may be compressed. Worldwide: 79 species in South Africa Zimbabwe: 2 cultivated taxa. |
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| Species | Content |
| argenteum R. Br. | |
| reflexum Meisn. |
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