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2813.000 Cryptocarya
Description of the genus
Evergreen trees or shrubs. Leaves alternate, rarely subopposite, pinnately-veined or 3-veined from the base. Inflorescences of axillary or terminal, paniculate cymes. Flowers bisexual; pedicels with 3 bracteoles. Tepals 6. Fertile stamens 9, in 3 whorls; anthers 2-celled; filaments of inner whorls with a pair of glands at the base. Ovary sessile, completely enclosed, when mature, within the accrescent receptacle. Fruit drupaceous, spherical or ellipsoid, 1-seeded. Seed spherical. Worldwide: c. 200 species in tropical and warm regions Zimbabwe: 2 taxa. |
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Links to taxa: View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this genus
| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| liebertiana Engl. | E | Description, Image |
| transvaalensis Burtt Davy | E |
Other sources of information about Cryptocarya:
Our websites:
Flora of Malawi: CryptocaryaFlora of Mozambique: Cryptocarya
External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): CryptocaryaBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Cryptocarya
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Cryptocarya
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Cryptocarya
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Cryptocarya
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Cryptocarya
JSTOR Plant Science: Cryptocarya
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Cryptocarya
Plants of the World Online: Cryptocarya
Tropicos: Cryptocarya
Wikipedia: Cryptocarya
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