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8351.060 Lagynias
Description of the genus
Shrubs or trees. Leaves opposite, paler beneath when dry. Flowers solitary or in few-many-flowered cymes. Calyx: tube subspherical; lobes 5, as long as or longer than the corolla tube (in ours), spathulate, obtuse. Corolla with a cylindric tube; lobes with an apiculate apex, usually reflexed. Ovary 5-locular; ovules 1 per loculus. Fruit with 1-5 pyrenes. Worldwide: 5 species in tropical eastern and southern Africa Mozambique: 4 taxa. |
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| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| dryadum (S. Moore) Robyns | T,MS | Description, Image |
| lasiantha (Sond.) Bullock | N,Z,GI,M | |
| monteiroi (Oliv.) Bridson[NrEnd] | GI,M | |
| sp. A of Burrows et Al.: 941, 2018[End] | N |
Other sources of information about Lagynias:
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Flora of Zambia: LagyniasFlora of Zimbabwe: Lagynias
External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): LagyniasBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Lagynias
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Lagynias
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Lagynias
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Lagynias
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Lagynias
JSTOR Plant Science: Lagynias
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Lagynias
Plants of the World Online: Lagynias
Tropicos: Lagynias
Wikipedia: Lagynias
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