8293.000 Oxyanthus
Description of the genus
Shrubs or trees. Stipules erect, persistent. Leaves opposite or 3-nate, with domatia. Flowers in panicles, lateral at successive nodes, white, bisexual. Corolla tube long, very narrowly cylindric; lobes narrow, contorted. Stamens exserted. Ovary 1-2-locular with 2 placentas. Fruit spherical, ellipsoid or fusiform. Seeds large, flattened-ellipsoid. Derivation of name: Gk: oxyanthus: with pointed flowers Worldwide: 40 species, Africa Mozambique: 7 taxa. |
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| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| biflorus J.E. Burrows & S.M. Burrows [NrEnd] [EN] | N | |
| goetzei K. Schum. | N,MS | Description, Image |
| latifolius Sond. [NrEnd] | Z,MS,GI,M | Description, Image |
| pyriformis (Hochst.) Skeels | N,MS,GI | |
| speciosus DC. subsp. stenocarpus (K. Schum.) Bridson | N,Z,MS | Description, Image |
| strigosus Bridson & J.E. Burrows [NrEnd] [EN] | N | |
| zanguebaricus (Hiern) Bridson | N,GI |
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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): OxyanthusBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Oxyanthus
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Oxyanthus
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Wikipedia: Oxyanthus