Flora of Zimbabwe: Cultivated plants
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4902.000 Gouania
Description of the genus
Climbing shrubs or lianes; branches with coiled tendrils. Leaves alternate. Inflorescence a thyrse. Flowers usually bisexual, 5-merous. Petals 5, hooded. Stamens 5. Disk 5-lobed. Ovary inferior. Fruit a 3-winged schizocarp, separating into 3 cocci. Derivation of name: for Antoine Gouan, 1733–1821, French botanist at Montpellier. Worldwide: 50-70 species in tropical and warm areas. Zimbabwe: 1 cultivated taxon. |
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Flora of Burundi: GouaniaFlora of Malawi: Gouania
Flora of Mozambique: Gouania
Flora of Zimbabwe: Gouania
External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): GouaniaBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Gouania
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Gouania
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Gouania
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iNaturalist: Gouania
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Gouania
JSTOR Plant Science: Gouania
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Gouania
Plants of the World Online: Gouania
Tropicos: Gouania
Wikipedia: Gouania
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