1931.000 Dorstenia L.

Hijman, M.E.E. (1991) Dorstenia L. Flora Zambesiaca 9(6) 30-39

Description of the genus

Herbs (in ours), often succulent. Stipules lateral, free. Leaves spirally or distichously arranged. Inflorescences bisexual, borne in the leaf axils, discoid to turbinate, receptacle with marginal or submarginal appendages, sometimes also bracteate outside. Male flowers numerous; perianth segments 2-3; stamens 2-3. Female flowers 1-numerous, in central part of inflorescence, stigmas 2. Fruit a dehiscent drupe.

Derivation of name: After Theodore Dorsten, a German botanist

Worldwide: 105 species in the tropics

Mozambique: 8 taxa.

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Species	FZ divisions	Content
benguellensis Welw.	Z	Description, Image
buchananii Engl. var. buchananii	N,MS	Description, Image
buchananii Engl. var. longipedunculata Rendle	N
cuspidata Hochst. ex A. Rich. var. cuspidata	N,Z	Description, Image
hildebrandtii Engl. var. schlechteri (Engl.) Hijman	MS
psilurus Welw. var. psilurus	N,Z,MS	Description, Image
tayloriana Rendle var. lakipiensis (Rendle) Hijman	Z
zambesiaca Hijman[End][VU]	MS	Description, Image

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