The flowering plants of Africa: An analytical key to the genera of African phanerogramsThonner, Franz
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The flowering plants of Africa: An analytical key to the genera of African phanerograms
Thonner, Franz
Angiosperms -- Africa; Plants -- Africa
64. Petals 1-2. Bracteoles large. Trees. Leaves pinnate. 65
Petals 5. 67
65. Stamens 3. Sepals 4, small, scale-like. Petals 1,
orbicular.--Species 10. Central Africa. =Cryptosepalum= Benth.
Stamens 10. 66
66. Sepals reduced to minute teeth or wanting. Leaves with a single
pair of leaflets.--Species 1. Equatorial West Africa. =Aphanocalyx=
Oliv.
Sepals 5, three of them very small, the other two larger and connate.
Petal 1, spatulate. Filaments united at the base, excepting one. Leaves
with many pairs of leaflets.--Species 2. West Africa. =Monopetalanthus=
Harms
67. Fertile stamens 3. Ovules 3. Bracteoles large. Tree--Species
20. Central Africa. Some species yield timber. (_Vouapa_ Aubl.)
=Macrolobium= Schreb.
Fertile stamens 10, rarely (_Cynometra_) more. 68
68. Petals very unequal. Leaves pinnate. 69
Petals equal or nearly equal. 71
69. Corolla of 1 large and 4 very small petals. Receptacle
shortly cup-shaped. Bracteoles minute. Leaves with 1-2 pairs of
leaflets.--Species 1. Equatorial West Africa. =Eurypetalum= Harms
Corolla of 3 large and 2 small petals. 70
70. Bracteoles petal-like. Receptacle cup-or top-shaped.--Species 4.
West Africa. (Under _Cynometra_ L.) =Hymenostegia= Harms
Bracteoles sepal-like, hairy outside, equalling the bracts.
Receptacle funnel-shaped. Sepals 4. Shrubs. Leaves with 3-4 pairs of
leaflets.--Species 1. West Africa. =Loesenera= Harms
71. Sepals 5, very unequal, the lowest very large. Receptacle very
short. Trees. Leaves pinnate.--Species 1. Madagascar. =Cymbosepalum=
Bak.
Sepals 4-5, equal or nearly equal. 72
72. Receptacle (calyx-tube) long and narrow. Sepals 4. Stalk of the
ovary obliquely adnate to the receptacle. 73
Receptacle short and usually broad. 75
73. Bracteoles large, petaloid, enclosing the bud. Receptacle
with a thick disc on one side. Shrubs. Leaves pinnate, with 2-4
leaflets.--Species 1. West Africa (Cameroons.) =Plagiosiphon= Harms
Bracteoles small, not enclosing the bud, or wanting. Leaves simple or
pinnate with many leaflets. 74
74. Leaves simple. Shrubs.--Species 2. West Africa (Cameroons).
=Zenkerella= Taub.
Leaves abruptly pinnate. Trees.--Species 1. West Africa (Cameroons).
The bark is used as a condiment. =Scorodophloeus= Harms
75. Ovule 1. Stalk of the ovary obliquely adnate to the receptacle.
Sepals 4. Trees. Leaves simple.--Species 1. East Africa. =Podogynium=
Taub.
Ovules 2, rarely 3. Leaves abruptly pinnate. 76
76. Filaments united into a ring at the base, unequal, hairy. Sepals 5.
Ovary glandular. Trees. Leaves with 3-6 pairs of leaflets. Flowers in
terminal, many-flowered racemes.--Species 1. East Africa. =Stuhlmannia=
Taub.
Filaments free. Bracteoles none. 77
77. Flowers in panicles. Sepals short. Petals white. Filaments
hairy at the base. Fruit flat, lanceolate, opening by two valves.
Trees.--Species 1. South Africa (Cape Colony). Yields timber. =Umtiza=
Sim
Flowers in racemes or corymbs. Sepals usually long. 78
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