2673.000 Uvaria
Description of the genus
Shrubs or small trees, usually climbing or scrambling. Stamens numerous, linear or obconic; anther-thecae not septate. Inflorescence of solitary flowers or of few-flowered cymes, these terminal or extra-axillary, often leaf-opposed. Sepals 3. Petals 6, in two rows. Carpels, many, free in fruit, borne on a stipe, globular to cylindric, indehiscent, dry or succulent, sometimes edible. Worldwide: 110 species in the tropics of the Old World Mozambique: 9 taxa. |
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Links to taxa: View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this genus
| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| acuminata Oliv. | N,Z | Image |
| afra E. Mey. ex Sond. | M | |
| gracilipes N. Robson | GI | Description, Image |
| kirkii Oliv. ex Hook. f. [LR-nt] | N | Image |
| leptocladon Oliv. | N | Image |
| lucida Benth. subsp. virens (N.E. Br.) Verdc. | MS,GI,M | Description |
| rovumae Deroin & Lötter [End] [CR] | N | |
| scheffleri Diels | N | |
| tanzaniae Verdc. | N | Description |
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Flora of Rwanda: Uvaria
Flora of Zambia: Uvaria
Flora of Zimbabwe: Uvaria
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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): UvariaBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Uvaria
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Uvaria
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IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Uvaria
JSTOR Plant Science: Uvaria
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Uvaria
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Tropicos: Uvaria
Wikipedia: Uvaria