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Leaf with (a few) special glands on the lamina

The following is a list of native or naturalised species which, at least some of the time, possess this spot-character.

This spot character covers cases where a usually small number of distinctive glands are borne on the lamina. An example is the pair of glands which occur near the leaf base in Macaranga mellifera (see image).

It is not intended to include cases where there are pellucid gland dots throughout the lamina (spot charcter 719) or cases where the lamina is covered with glands beneath (spot character 755).

FamilySpeciesComment
Dipterocarpaceae Monotes engleri Gland at the base of upper side of the leaf
Euphorbiaceae Alchornea hirtella
Euphorbiaceae Alchornea laxiflora May be stipels as well as glands?
Euphorbiaceae Croton menyharthii
Euphorbiaceae Croton pseudopulchellus
Euphorbiaceae Croton sylvaticus Stalked glands present at the base of the leaf below
Euphorbiaceae Macaranga mellifera Two glands borne at the base of the lamina on the upper surface
Euphorbiaceae Shirakiopsis elliptica
Malvaceae subfamily Malvoideae Hibiscus cannabinus Leaves usually with a prominent gland on the under surface near the base of the midrib
Malvaceae subfamily Malvoideae Hibiscus diversifolius subsp. rivularis Leaves usually with fissured gland near the base of the midrib below
Number of species: 10

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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: List of species with each spot-character: Leaf with (a few) special glands on the lamina.
https://www.malawiflora.com/speciesdata/species-spot-display.php?species_id=753, retrieved 19 April 2024

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