3808.000 Pseudarthria Wight & Arn.

Description of the genus

Perennial herbs or subshrubs. Stipules free; stipels present. Leaves pinnately 3-foliolate. Inflorescences. axillary or terminal, falsely racemose or paniculate; flowers paired or fasciculate. Calyx 5-lobed; lobes subequal, the upper pair ± entirely joined to form a lip. Ovary many-ovulate. Pod splitting into 2 thin valves (not breaking up transversely into articles), flattened.

Derivation of name: A false joint, referring to the partitions in the pod.

Worldwide: 5 species in the tropical Old World

Pseudarthria hookeri var. hookeri

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SpeciesFZ divisionsContent
hookeri Wight & Arn. var. hookeri N,Z,T,MS,GI,MDescription, Image

Other sources of information about Pseudarthria:

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

Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Stefaan Dondeyne 2007-13

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Dondeyne, S. (2013). Flora of Mozambique: Genus page: Pseudarthria.
http://www.mozambiqueflora.com/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=746, retrieved 21 May 2013

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