Spermatophyta: Dicotyledonae: Archichlamydeae: Cornales

Alangiaceae

Cannon, J.F.M. (1978) Alangiaceae Flora Zambesiaca 4

Description of the family

Trees or shrubs. Leaves alternate, simple; margin entire to slightly undulate. Stipules 0. Flowers bisexual, actinomorphic, in few-flowered axillary cymes, with articulated pedicels. Calyx minutely toothed. Petals 4-10, valvate, linear, becoming recurved. Stamens equal in number to petals and alternating with them, hairy at the base. Ovary inferior, usually 1-locular. Fruit ribbed when dry, bearing disk and sepals at apex.

Worldwide: 1 genus and 21 species, Old World tropics.

Mozambique: 1 genus and 1 taxon.

Links to genera: View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this family

Genus	Content
Alangium Lam.	Description, Image

Other sources of information about Alangiaceae:

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Flora of Burundi: Alangiaceae
Flora of the DRC: Alangiaceae
Flora of Malawi: Alangiaceae
Flora of Rwanda: Alangiaceae
Flora of Zambia: Alangiaceae
Flora of Zimbabwe: Alangiaceae

External websites:

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Alangiaceae
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Alangiaceae
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Alangiaceae
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Alangiaceae
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Alangiaceae
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Alangiaceae
JSTOR Plant Science: Alangiaceae
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Alangiaceae
Wikipedia: Alangiaceae
Plants of the World Online: Alangiaceae
Tropicos: Alangiaceae