Buchnerodendron Gürke

Wild, H. (1960) Flacourtiaceae Flora Zambesiaca 1(1)

Description of the genus

Unarmed shrubs or small trees. Stipules caducous. Leaves simple, alternate; petiolate; margins toothed and frequently cordate. Flowers in axillary, cymose panicles, racemes or fascicles, bisexual or unisexual, rarely dioecious. Sepals 3, subvalvate, free to the base. Petals 6–12, imbricate, larger than the sepals. Ovary 1-locular. Fruit a globose, dehiscent capsule. Seeds moderately numerous, ovoid or compressed, with a crustaceous testa.

Worldwide: 2 species in East and Central Africa.

Mozambique: 1 taxon.

Buchnerodendron lasiocalyx

Links to taxa:     View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this genus

SpeciesFZ divisionsContent
lasiocalyx (Oliv.) GilgN,ZDescription, Image

Other sources of information about Buchnerodendron:

External websites:

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Buchnerodendron
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Buchnerodendron
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Buchnerodendron
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Buchnerodendron
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Buchnerodendron
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Buchnerodendron
JSTOR Plant Science: Buchnerodendron
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Buchnerodendron
Plants of the World Online: Buchnerodendron
Tropicos: Buchnerodendron
Wikipedia: Buchnerodendron

Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave 2007-24

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Mozambique: Genus page: Buchnerodendron.
https://www.mozambiqueflora.com/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=2275, retrieved 29 March 2024

Site software last modified: 12 October 2020 11:11pm
Terms of use