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4629.000 Gymnosporia
Description of the genus
Trees or shrubs, usually armed with spines or spiny branchlets. Stipules free, small, caducous or 0. Leaves alternate or fasciculate (on short shoots). Flowers in cymes, usually functionally unisexual. Sepals 5(-6). Petals 5(-6), white, cream to greenish-yellow. Disk intrastaminal, single, convex to shallowly concave, entire or shallowly (4-)5-10(-12)-lobed or angled. Ovary superior. Stigma 2-3(-4)-branched. Fruit a dehiscent capsule, without outgrowths. Seeds 1-6(-8), glossy, red-brown, ± surrounded by a yellow, or more rarely a white or purple, aril. Malawi: 6 taxa. The larvae of the following species of insect eat species of this genus:
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| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| buchananii Loes. | N,S | |
| buxifolia (L.) Szyszyl. | Description, Image | |
| harveyana Loes. subsp. harveyana | Description, Image | |
| mossambicensis (Klotzsch) Loes. subsp. mossambicensis | N | Description, Image |
| putterlickioides Loes. | C,S | Description, Image |
| senegalensis (Lam.) Loes. | N,C,S | Description, Image |
Other sources of information about Gymnosporia:
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Flora of Botswana: GymnosporiaFlora of Caprivi: Gymnosporia
Flora of Mozambique: Gymnosporia
Flora of Zambia: Gymnosporia
Flora of Zimbabwe: Gymnosporia
External websites:
ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): GymnosporiaFlora Zambesiaca web site: Gymnosporia
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GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Gymnosporia
Wikipedia: Gymnosporia
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Gymnosporia
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Gymnosporia
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