6562.000 Landolphia P. Beauv.

Description of the genus

Unarmed climbers with coiled tendrils, producing milky latex. Leaves opposite. Inflorescence terminal or axillary cymes. Corolla salver-shaped; tube cylindric; lobes overlapping to the left. Ovary 1-2-locular. Carpels completely fused. Fruit an indehiscent, many-seeded berry.

Worldwide: 60 species in tropical America, Africa and Madagascar

Mozambique: 3 taxa.

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Species	FZ divisions	Content
buchananii (Hallier f.) Stapf	N,Z,T,MS	Description, Image
kirkii Dyer ex Hook. f.	N,Z,MS,GI,M	Description, Image
parvifolia K. Schum.	N	Image

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Flora of Malawi: Landolphia
Flora of Zambia: Landolphia
Flora of Zimbabwe: Landolphia

External websites:

ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Landolphia
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Landolphia
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GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Landolphia
Wikipedia: Landolphia
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Landolphia
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Landolphia

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: Genus page: Landolphia.
https://www.mozambiqueflora.com/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=1104, retrieved 31 March 2023

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