6116.010 Steganotaenia Hochst.

Description of the genus

Trees, shubs (in ours) or suffrutices. Leaves 1-pinnate, imparipinnate; margin (in ours) serrate, the serrations extending into long bristles. Umbels compound. Bracts and bracteoles several, filiform. Calyx teeth minute. Flowers appearing before the leaves. Fruit ovate to obovate, strongly dorsally flattened with a broad commissure; lateral wings well developed but not thickened; dorsal ribs filiform.

Worldwide: 3 species extending from Ethiopia to South Africa

Malawi: 1 taxon.

Steganotaenia araliacea var. araliacea

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araliacea Hochst. var. araliacea N,C,SDescription, Image

Other sources of information about Steganotaenia:

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Flora of Botswana: Steganotaenia
Flora of Caprivi: Steganotaenia
Flora of Mozambique: Steganotaenia
Flora of Zambia: Steganotaenia
Flora of Zimbabwe: Steganotaenia

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ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Steganotaenia
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Steganotaenia
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GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Steganotaenia
Wikipedia: Steganotaenia
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Steganotaenia
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Steganotaenia

Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2014-23

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2023). Flora of Malawi: Genus page: Steganotaenia.
https://www.malawiflora.com/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=1051, retrieved 23 March 2023

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