7978.000 Sclerochiton
Description of the genus
Trees or small subshrubs. Inflorescence terminal, spicate. Bracts ovate or 0; bracteoles 2. Calyx actinomorphic, 5-lobed. Corolla 1-lipped; lobes 5; tube shorter than the lobes. Fertile stamens 4, 1-thecous. Pollen prolate. Capsule woody. Derivation of name: from the Greek skleros, meaning hard and chiton, covering, referring to the woody casing of its fruiting capsule. Worldwide: 12 species in tropical and South Africa. Mozambique: 6 taxa. |
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| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| apiculatus Vollesen [NrEnd] | M | |
| coeruleus (Lindau) S. Moore [NrEnd] | N,Z,MS,GI | |
| harveyanus Nees | MS | Description, Image |
| hirsutus Vollesen [End] | Z | |
| kirkii (T. Anderson) C. B. Clarke | N,Z,MS | Description, Image |
| vogelii (Nees) T. Anderson subsp. congolanus (De Willd.) Vollesen | N |
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