6116.030 Afroligusticum C. Norman
PEUCEDANUM L. p.p.
Cannon, J.F.M. (1978)
Apiaceae Flora Zambesiaca 4
Winter, P.J.D., Magee, A.R., Phephu, N., Tilney, P.M., Downie, S.R. & van Wyk, B.E. (2008)
A New Generic Classification for African Peucedanoid Species (Apiaceae) Taxon 57(2) 347-364
Description of the genus
Perennial with a woody rootstock. Leaves pinnate to sub-bipinnate or trisect with sharply toothed, acuminate leaflets. Umbels numerous, compound, pedunculate; involucre and involucel present, small. Calyx-teeth well-defined, conspicuous. Petals greenish, emarginate above with an incurved apical lobule. Fruit glabrous, slightly dorsally compressed, narrowly elliptic-fusiform, with a broad commissure; primary ribs broad and very obtuse. Endosperm dorsally compressed.
Worldwide: Species 1, in tropical Africa.
Malawi: 2 taxa. |
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Species | FZ divisions | Content |
claessensii (C. Norman) P.J.D. Winter | | Description, Image |
linderi (C. Norman) P.J.D. Winter | | Description, Image |
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