7978.000 Sclerochiton Harv.

Description of the genus

Trees or small subshrubs. Inflorescence terminal, spicate. Bracts ovate or 0; bracteoles 2. Calyx actinomorphic, 5-lobed. Corolla 1-lipped; lobes 5; tube shorter than the lobes. Fertile stamens 4, 1-thecous. Pollen prolate. Capsule woody.

Worldwide: 12 species in tropical and S Africa

Sclerochiton harveyanus

Links to taxa (3)    View all taxa with living plant images    View all taxa with herbarium specimen images

SpeciesFZ divisionsContent
coeruleus (Lindau) S. Moore
harveyanus NeesDescription, Image
kirkii (T. Anderson) C. B. Clarke

Other sources of information about Sclerochiton:

ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Sclerochiton
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Sclerochiton
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Sclerochiton
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Sclerochiton
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Sclerochiton

Copyright: Mark Hyde and Bart Wursten, 2007-10

Hyde, M.A. & Wursten, B. (2010). Flora of Mozambique: Genus page: Sclerochiton.
http://www.mozambiqueflora.com/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=1342, retrieved 3 September 2010

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