5435.000 Gnidia
Robyns, A. (1975) Thymelaeaceae Flore d'Afrique Centrale (Zaire - Rwanda - Burundi) Jardin Botanique Meise, Belgique
Description of the genus
Shrubs or perennial herbs arising from a woody base or rhizome. Leaves alternate, rarely opposite. Inflorescences consisting of bracteate few-many-flowered heads. Flowers bisexual, 4-5-merous. Calyx-tube cylindric, usually articulated above the ovary, lobes coloured. Petals alternating with the calyx lobes, sometimes 0. Stamens in 2 whorls in the throat of the calyx tube. Fruit dry, small. Derivation of name: named after the Greek city Knidos Worldwide: 140 species in tropical and South Africa, Madagascar extending to Sri Lanka Mozambique: 10 taxa. |
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| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| afra (Meisn.) Gilg | M | |
| capitata L.f. | N,GI,M | |
| chapmanii B. Peterson [NrEnd] | Z | |
| chrysantha (Solms ex Schweinf.) Gilg | N,MS | Description, Image |
| involucrata Steud. ex A. Rich. | N,Z | Description, Image |
| kraussiana Meisn. var. kraussiana | N,Z,T,MS | Description, Image |
| microcephala Meisn. | Z,MS,M | Description, Image |
| mollis C.H. Wright | N | Description, Image |
| usafuae Gilg | N | |
| virescens Wikstr. | M |
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