2696.000 Monanthotaxis
Leistner, O.A. (ed.) (2000) Seed plants of southern Africa: families and genera Strelitzia 10
Description of the genus
Trees, shrubs or lianes. Branches with prominent lenticels, red or blackish. Inflorescences of few-flowered fascicles or solitary flowers. Flowers bisexual or unisexual; bracteoles present, small, ovate-oblong. Sepals 3. Petals (4-)6, in 1-2 whorls; inner shorter than outer. Stamens 6-many in 1-several whorls. Carpels few-many, free. Fruit-segments cylindric, indehiscent, usually fleshy and constricted between the 1-8-seeds. Worldwide: 56 species in tropical Africa and Madagascar Mozambique: 7 taxa. |
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Links to taxa: View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this genus
| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| buchananii (Engl.) Verdc. | N,Z,T,MS | Description, Image |
| caffra (Sond.) Verdc. | GI,M | Image |
| chasei (N. Robson) Verdc. | MS | Description, Image |
| maputensis P.H. Hoekstra[NrEnd] | GI,M | |
| suffruticosa P.H. Hoekstra[NrEnd][EN] | N | |
| trichantha (Diels) Verdc.[NrEnd][VU] | N | Image |
| trichocarpa (Engl. & Diels) Verdc. | Z,MS | Description, Image |
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