Noronhia
BINIA Noronha ex Thouars
CAMPANOLEA Gilg & G.Schellenb.
CHIONANTHUS sensu auct. non L.
DEKINDTIA Gilg
LINOCIERA Swartz
POGENDA Raf.
Description of the genus
Trees and shrubs, evergreen. Leaves opposite, simple, entire. Domatia present (in ours). Inflorescences consist of axillary, paniculate cymes or fascicles. Flowers 4-merous. Calyx deeply lobed. Corolla with a very short tube and linear lobes, lobes strongly concave, with incurved margins and hooded apex. Stamens 2. Ovary 2-locular. Fruit a 1-seeded drupe. Comment: African and Madagascan species, formerly placed in a broadly defined genus Chionanthus, are now placed here. Chionanthus s.s. is now confined to Tropical South America. Worldwide: 106 species in Tropical Africa, Southern Africa and Madagascar. Mozambique: 3 taxa. |
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Links to taxa: View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this genus
| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| battiscombei (Hutch.) Hong-Wa & Besnard | N,Z,MS,M | Description, Image |
| foveolata (E.Mey.) Hong-Wa & Besnard subsp. foveolata | M | |
| foveolata (E.Mey.) Hong-Wa & Besnard subsp. major (I.Verd.) Hong-Wa & Besnard | MS |
Other sources of information about Noronhia:
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Flora of Malawi: Noronhia
Flora of Rwanda: Noronhia
Flora of Zambia: Noronhia
Flora of Zimbabwe: Noronhia
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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): NoronhiaBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Noronhia
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