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Cressa
Gonçalves, M.L. (1987) Convolvulaceae Flora Zambesiaca 8(1)
Description of the genus
A much-branched, small, short-lived, perennial, subshrub-like herb. Leaves small, entire, sessile. Flowers small, subsessile, aggregaged in brateate clusters at the ends of the branchlets. Sepals 5, obovate, subequal, imbricate, coriaceous. Corolla 5-lobed; tube campanulate; lobes ovate, imbricate in bud, spreading. Ovary 2-locular, 4-ovuled. Fruit capsule 2–4-valved, usually single-seeded. Seed glabrous and shining, dark brown. Worldwide: 1 species in the tropics. Mozambique: 1 taxon. |
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| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| cretica L. | N,GI | Description, Image |
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External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): CressaBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Cressa
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Cressa
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Cressa
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Cressa
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Cressa
JSTOR Plant Science: Cressa
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Cressa
Plants of the World Online: Cressa
Tropicos: Cressa
Wikipedia: Cressa
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