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4902.000 Gouania
Description of the genus
Climbing shrubs or lianes; branches with coiled tendrils. Leaves alternate. Inflorescence a thyrse. Flowers usually bisexual, 5-merous. Petals 5, hooded. Stamens 5. Disk 5-lobed. Ovary inferior. Fruit a 3-winged schizocarp, separating into 3 cocci. Derivation of name: for Antoine Gouan, 1733–1821, French botanist at Montpellier. Worldwide: 50-70 species in tropical and warm areas. Malawi: 1 taxon. |
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Other sources of information about Gouania:
Our websites:
Flora of Mozambique: GouaniaFlora of Zimbabwe: Gouania
Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Gouania
External websites:
ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): GouaniaFlora Zambesiaca web site: Gouania
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Gouania
Wikipedia: Gouania
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Gouania
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Gouania
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