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6460.000 Strychnos
Description of the genus
Shrubs, trees or lianes, sometimes with tendrils. Stipules mostly reduced to an often ciliate and straight rim connecting the petiole bases. Leaves opposite, sometimes decussate, or on the main axis sometimes ternate, entire, with 3-5 prominent veins (including the midvein) arising near the base of the lamina and running almost the entire length of the leaf. Flowers 4-5-merous, actinomorphic, bisexual. Corolla rotate to salver-shaped. Ovary 2- or 1-celled (spinosa). Fruit a berry, 1-2-celled, ± spherical. Worldwide: 190 species in tropical and warm areas Mozambique: 18 taxa. The larvae of the following species of insect eat species of this genus:
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| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| angolensis Gilg | Z,MS | Description, Image |
| cocculoides Baker | N,Z,T,MS,GI,M | Description, Image |
| decussata (Pappe) Gilg | T,MS,GI,M | Image |
| henningsii Gilg | N,Z,MS,GI,M | Description, Image |
| innocua Delile | Z | Description, Image |
| lucens Baker | Z,MS | Description, Image |
| madagascariensis Poir. | N,Z,T,MS,GI,M | Description, Image |
| matopensis S. Moore | T | Description, Image |
| mellodora S. Moore | MS | Description, Image |
| mitis S. Moore | MS,M | |
| myrtoides Gilg & Busse | N,Z,M | |
| panganensis Gilg | Z,MS,GI | Description, Image |
| potatorum L.f. | T,MS | Description, Image |
| pungens Soler. | Description, Image | |
| spinosa Lam. | N,Z,T,MS,GI,M | Description, Image |
| usambarensis Gilg | MS,M | Description, Image |
| xantha Leeuwenberg | N,MS | Description, Image |
| xylophylla Gilg | N |
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External websites:
ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): StrychnosFlora Zambesiaca web site: Strychnos
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GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Strychnos
Wikipedia: Strychnos
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Strychnos
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Strychnos
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