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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:
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Flora of Malawi: AcridocarpusFlora of Zambia: Acridocarpus
Flora of Zimbabwe: Acridocarpus
External websites:
ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): AcridocarpusFlora Zambesiaca web site: Acridocarpus
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GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Acridocarpus
Wikipedia: Acridocarpus
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Acridocarpus
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Acridocarpus
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