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8625.000 Raphidiocystis
Description of the genus
Climbing monoecious herbs. Leaves simple. Tendrils simple. Flowers yellow. Male flowers borne in sessile axillary clusters: lobes of receptacle-tube often divided into narrow, often reflexed, lobes; corolla 5-lobed, the lobes united to at least halfway; stamens 3, all 2-thecous. Female flowers fewer than male; perianth similar to male flowers; ovary densely setose; stigma 3-lobed. Fruit subspherical to ellipsoid, bearing dense brownish bristles, dehiscent by 10 apical valves. Seeds flattened. Worldwide: 5 species in tropical Africa and Madagascar Mozambique: 1 taxon. |
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Links to taxa: View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this genus
| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| chrysocoma (Schumach.) C. Jeffrey | MS | Description, Image |
Other sources of information about Raphidiocystis:
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Flora of Caprivi: cultivated RaphidiocystisFlora of Zimbabwe: Raphidiocystis
External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): RaphidiocystisBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Raphidiocystis
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Raphidiocystis
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Raphidiocystis
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Raphidiocystis
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Raphidiocystis
JSTOR Plant Science: Raphidiocystis
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Raphidiocystis
Plants of the World Online: Raphidiocystis
Tropicos: Raphidiocystis
Wikipedia: Raphidiocystis
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