8641.000 Cyclantheropsis Harms

Description of the genus

Dioecious climbing perennials. Leaves simple, petiolate. Tendrils apically 2-fid. Flowers small, greenish-yellow. Male flowers in lax panicle-like fascicles; petals 5; stamen 1; thecae ring-like. Females flowers in few-flowered axillary fascicles; styles 3. Fruit flattened, winged, with 1 seed.

Worldwide: 3 species in Africa and Madagascar

Malawi: 1 taxon.

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Other sources of information about Cyclantheropsis:

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Flora of Mozambique: Cyclantheropsis
Flora of Zambia: Cyclantheropsis
Flora of Zimbabwe: Cyclantheropsis

External websites:

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

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: Cyclantheropsis.
https://www.malawiflora.com/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=1452, retrieved 19 March 2024

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