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4439.000 Cephalocroton
Description of the genus
Monoecious herbs or shrubs Indumentum stellate. Leaves alternate, simple, entire. Inflorescences terminal, usually bisexual; male flowers aggregated into a dense terminal spherical head with 1-7 female flowers at the base. Male flowers: calyx closed in bud, splitting into 3-4 valvate lobes; petals 0; disk 0; stamens 6-8; pistillode entire or 2-3-fid. Female flowers: sepals 4-6, pinnatifid; petals 0; disk ring-shaped; styles 3, multifid. Fruit 3-lobed, dehiscent. Worldwide: 6 species from tropical Africa to Sri Lanka Botswana: 1 taxon. |
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| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| mollis Klotzsch | N,SW,SE | Description, Image |
Other sources of information about Cephalocroton:
Our websites:
Flora of Malawi: CephalocrotonFlora of Mozambique: Cephalocroton
Flora of Zimbabwe: Cephalocroton
External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): CephalocrotonBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Cephalocroton
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Cephalocroton
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Cephalocroton
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Cephalocroton
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Cephalocroton
JSTOR Plant Science: Cephalocroton
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Cephalocroton
Plants of the World Online: Cephalocroton
Tropicos: Cephalocroton
Wikipedia: Cephalocroton
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