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6430.000 Chionanthus L.

LINOCIERA Swartz

Description of the genus

Trees and shrubs, evergreen. Leaves opposite, simple, entire. Domatia present (in ours). Inflorescences consist of axillary, paniculate cymes or fascicles. Flowers 4-merous. Calyx deeply lobed. Corolla with a very short tube and linear lobes, lobes strongly concave, with incurved margins and hooded apex. Stamens 2. Ovary 2-locular. Fruit a 1-seeded drupe.

Worldwide: 100 species, mostly tropical and subtropical, but with a few temperate.

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SpeciesFZ divisionsContent
battiscombei (Hutch.) StearnN,Z,MS,M
foveolatus (E. Mey.) Stearn subsp. foveolatus M

Other sources of information about Chionanthus:

ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Chionanthus
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Chionanthus
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Chionanthus
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Chionanthus
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Chionanthus
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Copyright: Mark Hyde and Bart Wursten, 2007-10

Hyde, M.A. & Wursten, B. (2010). Flora of Mozambique: Genus page: Chionanthus.
http://www.mozambiqueflora.com/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=1081, retrieved 3 September 2010

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