5284.010 Xylotheca Hochst.

Description of the genus

Unarmed shrubs. Sepals caducous. Leaves entire. Flowers solitary, male or bisexual, large and showy. Sepals 3-4. Petals free, white, 7-12, more numerous than the sepals. Stamens numerous. Ovary sessile, 1-locular. Fruit a woody capsule; valves 8, thick.

Worldwide: 3 species in E and SE Africa

Mozambique: 4 taxa.

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Species	FZ divisions	Content
kraussiana Hochst. var. kraussiana	GI,M	Description, Image
tettensis (Klotzsch) Gilg var. macrophylla (Klotzsch) Wild	N,Z,T,MS	Description, Image
tettensis (Klotzsch) Gilg var. tettensis	Z,T,MS
tettensis (Klotzsch) Gilg var. kirkii (Oliv.) Wild	N

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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Xylotheca
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