Spermatophyta: Monocotyledonae: Zingiberales

Strelitziaceae - Strelitzia family

Description of the family

Perennial herbs or banana-like trees with true stems. Leaves usually very large, distichous. Inflorescence partially enclosed by a boat-shaped bract. Flowers bisexual, zygomorphic. Sepals 3, petaloid; lowest boat-shaped towards the base. Petals 3, ± 3, the 2 lower connivent and forming a sagittate blade with a central channel containing the floral parts; upper petal much smaller. Stamens 5. Ovary inferior, 3-locular. Fruit a woody capsule. Seeds with a woolly aril.

Worldwide: 3 genera and 7 species, tropical America, southern Africa and Madagascar.

Mozambique: 1 genus and 2 taxa.

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Strelitzia BanksDescription

Other sources of information about Strelitziaceae:

Our websites:

Flora of Mozambique: cultivated Strelitziaceae
Flora of Zimbabwe: Strelitziaceae
Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Strelitziaceae

External websites:

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Strelitziaceae
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Strelitziaceae
Wikipedia: Strelitziaceae


Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave 2007-23

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2023). Flora of Mozambique: Family page: Strelitziaceae.
https://www.mozambiqueflora.com/speciesdata/family.php?family_id=214, retrieved 26 March 2023

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