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3474.000 Burkea
Description of the genus
Unarmed trees with rusty-tomentose young shoots. Stipules very small, caducous. Leaves 2-pinnate; specialised glands on petiole or rhachis 0. Leaflets alternate. Inflorescence of small flowers in an elongated, pendulous, catkin-like spike, usually aggregated into a panicle. Calyx lobes 5, ± connate below. Petals equal, 5. Stamens 10. Pod indehiscent, elliptic, flattened, coriaceous. Derivation of name: After Joseph Burke Worldwide: 1 species in western and southern Africa Zimbabwe: 1 taxon. |
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Flora of Botswana: BurkeaFlora of Burundi: Burkea
Flora of Caprivi: Burkea
Flora of Malawi: Burkea
Flora of Mozambique: Burkea
Flora of Zambia: Burkea
External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): BurkeaBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Burkea
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Burkea
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Burkea
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iNaturalist: Burkea
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Burkea
JSTOR Plant Science: Burkea
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Burkea
Plants of the World Online: Burkea
Tropicos: Burkea
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