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4220.000 Acridocarpus
Description of the genus
Erect, trailing or climbing shrubs, rarely small trees. Leaves alternate usually with glands beneath at the base and sometimes with 2 rows of smaller glands parallel to the margins. Inflorescences of corymbs, panicles or racemes, axillary or terminal. Flowers actinomorphic or nearly so. Sepals with one or more subcircular glands. Petals 5, white or yellow, usually unguiculate. Stamens 10; anthers lanceolate, ovate or ovate-oblong. Ovary 3-locular, usually with one abortive loculus; usually densely hairy. Fruit a samara with an entire dorsal wing. Worldwide: 30 species in tropical Africa, Madagascar and New Caledonia Mozambique: 3 taxa. The larvae of the following species of insect eat species of this genus:
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Links to taxa: View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this genus
| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| chloropterus Oliv. | N,Z,MS | Description, Image |
| natalitius A. Juss. var. natalitius | GI,M | Description |
| natalitius A. Juss. var. linearifolius Launert[NrEnd] | GI,M | Description, Image |
Other sources of information about Acridocarpus:
Our websites:
Flora of Malawi: AcridocarpusFlora of Zambia: Acridocarpus
Flora of Zimbabwe: Acridocarpus
External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): AcridocarpusBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Acridocarpus
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Acridocarpus
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Acridocarpus
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Acridocarpus
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Acridocarpus
JSTOR Plant Science: Acridocarpus
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Acridocarpus
Plants of the World Online: Acridocarpus
Tropicos: Acridocarpus
Wikipedia: Acridocarpus
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