Parapodium E. Mey.

Leistner, O.A. (ed.) (2000) Seed plants of southern Africa: families and genera Strelitzia 10

Description of the genus

Perennial erect herbs with thickened rootstock. Leaves opposite, petiolate or subsessile, simple, sometimes with margin undulate. Flowers in lateral umbels. Sepals 5, separate almost to base, sometimes almost as long as corolla, with scales within sinuses. Corolla of 5 lobes; lobes as broad as long, or obcordate, adnate to basal portion of corolla tube. Follicles coriaceous with few scattered protruberances. Seeds elliptic with prominent ridges.

Worldwide: Three species, native to southern Africa.

Botswana: 1 taxon.

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External websites:

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Parapodium
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Parapodium
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Parapodium
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Parapodium
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Parapodium
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Parapodium
JSTOR Plant Science: Parapodium
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Parapodium
Plants of the World Online: Parapodium
Tropicos: Parapodium
Wikipedia: Parapodium

Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2014-24

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Botswana: Genus page: Parapodium.
https://www.botswanaflora.com/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=2409, retrieved 28 March 2024

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