7747.000 Fernandoa Welw. ex Seem.

Description of the genus

Shrubs or trees. Leaves imparipinnate. Flowers axillary, solitary or in short racemes, appearing before the leaves. Calyx campanulate. Corolla crimson or orange with a yellow throat; tube short. Stamens 4, each bearing divaricate anthers; staminode 1. Ovary 2-locular. Capsule cylindric. Seeds winged.

Derivation of name: for Dom Fernando II (1816-1885) German-born King-consort of Portugal.

Worldwide: 14 species in the Old World tropics.

Malawi: 2 taxa.

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SpeciesFZ divisionsContent
abbreviata BidgoodSDescription, Image
magnifica Seem.SDescription, Image

Other sources of information about Fernandoa:

Our websites:

Flora of Mozambique: Fernandoa
Flora of Zimbabwe: Fernandoa
Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Fernandoa

External websites:

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

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 Malawi: Genus page: Fernandoa.
https://www.malawiflora.com/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=1309, retrieved 28 March 2024

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