4076.000 Vepris
DIPHASIOPSIS Mendonça
Description of the genus
Trees or shrubs, without prickles. Leaves alternate or rarely opposite (in V. bachmannii), 1- or 3-5-foliolate. Inflorescences of axillary and terminal racemes, panicles or clustered cymes. Flowers usually unisexual by abortion, (2-)4(-5)-merous. Sepals united to form a cup-shaped (3-)4-5-lobed calyx. Petals (3-)4, oblong. Male flowers: stamens 4-5 or (6-)8. Female flowers: ovary 1-2-4-locular, smooth. Fruit drupaceous, smooth, usually 1-2-4-seeded or sometimes woody and verrucose (in V. bremekampii). Worldwide: 90 species in tropical and South Africa, Mascarenes and India. Mozambique: 15 taxa. |
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| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| allenii I. Verd. [NrEnd?] | N | |
| bachmannii (Engl.) Mziray | T,MS | Description, Image |
| bremekampii (I.Verd.) Mziray | GI,M | Description, Image |
| carringtoniana Mendonça [NrEnd] | MS,GI,M | Image |
| drummondii Mendonça [NrEnd] [VU] | MS | Description |
| gerrardii (I.Verd.) E.J.D.Schmidt | M | |
| lanceolata (Lam.) G.Don | Z,MS,GI,M | Description, Image |
| macedoi (Exell & Mendonça) Mziray [End] | N | |
| myrei (Exell & Mendonça) Mziray [NrEnd] | MS,GI | Image |
| nobilis (Delile) Mziray | MS (other?) | Description, Image |
| reflexa I. Verd. | MS,GI,M | Description, Image |
| rogersii (Mendonça) Mziray | T | |
| sansibarensis (Engl.) Mziray | N | |
| stolzii I. Verd. | Z | |
| trichocarpa (Engl.) Mziray |
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