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4361.000 Caperonia
Description of the genus
Monoecious herbs, usually in marshy places. Indumentum simple. Leaves alternate, simple, serrate. Inflorescences axillary, spicate or racemose, pedunculate, female flowers below, male above. Male flowers: calyx closed in bud, splitting into 5 valvate lobes; petals 5; disk 0; stamens 10, partially fused into a column with pistillode at apex. Female flowers: sepals 5-10, accrescent; petals 5-6; ovary 3-locular; styles 3, deeply laciniate. Fruits 3-lobed, hispid or echinate, dehiscent. Worldwide: 40 species in tropical America, Africa and Madagascar Zimbabwe: 1 taxon. |
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Flora of Caprivi: Caperonia
Flora of Malawi: Caperonia
Flora of Mozambique: Caperonia
Flora of Zambia: Caperonia
External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): CaperoniaBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Caperonia
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Caperonia
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Caperonia
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iNaturalist: Caperonia
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Caperonia
JSTOR Plant Science: Caperonia
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Caperonia
Plants of the World Online: Caperonia
Tropicos: Caperonia
Wikipedia: Caperonia
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