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 Botswana: 6 taxa. |
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| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| burchellii (Meisn.) Gilg | SE | |
| capitata L.f. | SE | |
| kraussiana Meisn. var. kraussiana | N | Description, Image |
| microcephala Meisn. | Description, Image | |
| polycephala (E. Mey. ex Meisn.) Engl. | N,SW,SE | Description, Image |
| sericocephala (Meisn.) Gilg ex Engl. | SE |
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