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4709.000 Pyrenacantha
Clarke, H. & Charters, M. (ed. Moll, E.) (2016) The Illustrated Dictionary of Southern African Plant Names Jacana Media, South Africa
Description of the genus
Dioecious or monoecious, lianes or climbing shrubs. Leaves alternate. Inflorescences of spikes or racemes. Flowers unisexual. Calyx 0. Petals forming a 4(-5-) lobed corolla, which is persistent in fruit. Male flowers: stamens alternating with petals; vestigial ovary present. Female flowers: vestigial staminodes alternating with petals; ovary ovoid, crowned by a sessile stigma. Fruits broadly ovoid, usually flattened; endocarp spiny on the inner face. Derivation of name: from Pyren which is Greek for fruit-stone or kernel and akanthos which is thorn. It refers to the peg-like or thorn-like protuberances that impact the inner walls of the fruit. Worldwide: 20 species in the Old World tropics. 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 |
| kaurabassana Baill.[VU] | N,S | Description, Image |
| kirkii Baill. | E | Description, Image |
Other sources of information about Pyrenacantha:
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Flora of Malawi: PyrenacanthaFlora of Mozambique: Pyrenacantha
Flora of Zambia: Pyrenacantha
External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): PyrenacanthaBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Pyrenacantha
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Pyrenacantha
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Pyrenacantha
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Pyrenacantha
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Pyrenacantha
JSTOR Plant Science: Pyrenacantha
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Pyrenacantha
Plants of the World Online: Pyrenacantha
Tropicos: Pyrenacantha
Wikipedia: Pyrenacantha
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