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2034.000 Faurea
Description of the genus
Trees or shrubs. Leaves alternate or clustered near the ends of the branches, simple, entire. Flowers arranged in dense spikes or racemes, each flower in the axil of a small bract; involucre 0. Perianth petaloid, splitting into 2 major lobes at flowering time, releasing the style; one lobe ± free to base, consisting of a single segment, the other with 3 segments. Hypogynous scales 4, persistent. Style long, persistent, filiform, terminating in a simple stigma. Fruit a spherical nut Derivation of name: for William Caldwell Faure (1822-1844), South African soldier, naturalist, botanist and plant collector. Worldwide: 15 species in tropical and southern Africa and Madagascar. Zimbabwe: 4 taxa. |
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Links to taxa: View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this genus
| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| delevoyi De Wild. | N,C,E | Description |
| rochetiana (A. Rich.) Pic.Serm. | N,C,E | Description, Image |
| rubriflora Marner[NrEnd] | E | Description, Image |
| saligna Harv. | N,W,C,E,S | Description, Image |
Other sources of information about Faurea:
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Flora of Botswana: FaureaFlora of Burundi: Faurea
Flora of Malawi: Faurea
Flora of Mozambique: Faurea
Flora of Zambia: Faurea
External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): FaureaBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Faurea
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Faurea
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Faurea
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Faurea
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Faurea
JSTOR Plant Science: Faurea
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Faurea
Plants of the World Online: Faurea
Tropicos: Faurea
Wikipedia: Faurea
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