2573.000 Antizoma Miers

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

Description of the genus

Subshrubs, climbing or erect. Leaves simple, often with a dorsal basal spur, which is hard, spine-like and persistent, not peltate. Male inflorescences of few-flowered cymes. Male flowers: sepals 4, sometimes white woolly; petals 4, fused into a saucer-shaped corolla; stamens 4-10, fused into a synandrium. Female inflorescences of paired or solitary flowers. Female flowers: sepals 2; petals 2; staminodes 0; carpel 1. Drupe ± ovoid; endocarp horseshoe-shaped with warty ridges.

Worldwide: 2 species in arid parts of southern Africa (Namibia, Botswana, South Africa and western Zimbabwe)

Botswana: 1 taxon.

Antizoma angustifolia

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SpeciesFZ divisionsContent
angustifolia (Burch.) Miers ex Harv.SEDescription, Image

Other sources of information about Antizoma:

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Flora of Zimbabwe: Antizoma

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

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: Antizoma.
https://www.botswanaflora.com/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=586, retrieved 19 March 2024

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