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
130. Stamens 2. Ovary 2-celled with 2 ovules in each cell. Style
1, with 2 stigmas. Perianth 4-partite. Flowers polygamous. Leaves
opposite, pinnate, exstipulate. Trees. _Fraxinus_, =197. Oleaceae=.
Stamens 3 or more, rarely 2, but then flowers unisexual. Leaves simple
or digitate, rarely pinnate, but then alternate. 131
131. Leaves with a pitcher-shaped appendage. Style absent; stigma
4-partite. Ovary 4-celled with numerous ovules in each cell.
_Nepenthes_, =91. Nepenthaceae=.
Leaves without pitchers. Style present. 132
132. Style 1, with 2-6 stigmas. Seeds exalbuminous. Leaves alternate,
without stipules. =134. Sapindaceae.=
Styles 2 or more, free at the base, towards the apex, or throughout. 133
133. Perianth-segments valvate in bud, united below. Filaments united.
=144. Sterculiaceae.=
Perianth-segments imbricate or open in bud, rarely valvate, but then
free and filaments also free. 134
134. Ovules with ventral raphe, 2 in a cell. Fruit usually opening
septicidally and loculicidally. Leaves usually stipulate. =122.
Euphorbiaceae.=
Ovules with dorsal raphe. Shrubs or trees. 135
135. Flowers monoecious. Stamens 4-6. Ovary 3-celled with 2 ovules
in each cell. Fruit a loculicidal capsule. Leaves opposite, without
stipules. =124. Buxaceae.=
Flowers dioecious or polygamous. Stamens 10 or more. Fruit a berry or a
drupe. Leaves alternate. =159. Flacourtiaceae.=
136. (129.) Perianth-segments free or nearly so. Stamens hypogynous or
nearly so. 137
Perianth-segments evidently united. Stamens usually perigynous. 142
137. Stem herbaceous or woody at the base only. 138
Stem woody throughout its length. 140
138. Perianth-segments 2-3. Stamens 1-4. Water-plants. =93.
Podostemonaceae.=
Perianth-segments 4-5. Land-plants. Seeds with curved embryo. 139
139. Perianth-segments 4. Stamens 1-6. Ovary-cells 2. Style 1. Seeds
exalbuminous. Leaves exstipulate. =88. Cruciferae.=
Perianth-segments 5. Ovary-cells 3-7. Styles 3-7. Seeds albuminous.
Leaves stipulate. =72. Aizoaceae.=
140. Ovary long-stalked. Perianth-segments 2-4, valvate or imbricate in
bud; in the latter case stamens 4-8. Seeds exalbuminous; embryo curved.
=87. Capparidaceae.=
Ovary sessile or short-stalked. Stamens 10 or more. Seeds albuminous;
embryo straight. 141
141. Perianth-segments 5, valvate in bud. _Grewia_, =141. Tiliaceae=.
Perianth-segments; 3-8, imbricate or open in bud. =159. Flacourtiaceae.=
142. (136.) Styles or sessile stigmas 2-5. Seeds albuminous; embryo
curved. =72. Aizoaceae.=
Style 1 or a sessile stigma. Seeds exalbuminous or with a straight
embryo. 143
143. Stigmas or stigma-lobes 1-2. Ovules numerous in each ovary-cell.
144
Stigmas or stigma-lobes 4. Ovules 2-4 in each ovary-cell. Flowers
4-merous. Leaves opposite, stipulate. 145
144. Stamens 1-16. Ovary sessile or short-stalked. Embryo straight.
Leaves without stipules. =173. Lythraceae.=
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