3460.000 Newtonia Baill.

Description of the genus

Unarmed trees. Leaves 2-pinnate; rhachis with a gland between each pair of opposite pinnae. Flowers in sessile spikes. Calyx 5-toothed. Petals 5. Stamens 10. Pods dehiscing along one margin, the valves remaining attached along the other. Seeds with a membranous wing.

Derivation of name: after Portuguese naturalist, Francisco Xavier O'Kelly of Aguilar Azeredo Newton (1864-1909) of the Natural History Museum in Porto

Worldwide: 14 species in tropical Africa

Zimbabwe: 3 taxa.

Links to taxa: View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this genus

Species	FZ divisions	Content
buchananii (Baker) G.C.C. Gilbert & Boutique	E	Description, Image
hildebrandtii (Vatke) Torre var. hildebrandtii	S	Description, Image
hildebrandtii (Vatke) Torre var. pubescens Brenan	N,S	Description, Image

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Flora of Burundi: Newtonia
Flora of the DRC: Newtonia
Flora of Malawi: Newtonia
Flora of Mozambique: Newtonia
Flora of Zambia: Newtonia
Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Newtonia

External websites:

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Newtonia
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Newtonia
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Newtonia
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Newtonia
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iNaturalist: Newtonia
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Newtonia
JSTOR Plant Science: Newtonia
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Newtonia
Plants of the World Online: Newtonia
Tropicos: Newtonia
Wikipedia: Newtonia