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
Flowers hermaphrodite, solitary or fascicled in the axils of the
leaves. Perianth irregular. Stamens adnate to the style. Fruit a
capsule. Embryo with 2 cotyledons. Leaves well developed, green.
_Aristolochia_, =63. Aristolochiaceae=.
186. Flowers unisexual, in cymes. Perianth irregular. Stamens numerous.
Styles 2-6, free or united at the base. Leaves stipulate. _Begonia_,
=165. Begoniaceae=.
Flowers hermaphrodite, solitary or in racemes or heads. Perianth
regular. Style 1, undivided. 187
187. Stamens 3-6. Leaves stipulate. Herbs. _Ludwigia_, =182.
Oenotheraceae=.
Stamens numerous. Leaves exstipulate. Trees or shrubs. =176.
Lecythidaceae=.
188. (53.) Ovary superior or nearly so. 189
Ovary inferior to half-inferior. 481
189. Ovary 1, entire or lobed. 190
Ovaries 2 or more, separate or united at the base only. 451
190. Ovary 1-celled, sometimes with incomplete partitions or containing
one or more empty rudimentary cells besides the fertile one. 191
Ovary completely or almost completely 2-or more-celled, the partitions
sometimes not quite reaching the apex; or one cell only fertile, the
others empty but well developed. 273
191. Ovule 1. 192
Ovules 2 or more. 214
192. Ovule erect or ascending or attached by a basal funicle. 193
Ovule pendulous or descending. 205
193. Leaves stipulate. Sepals 5. 194
Leaves exstipulate. 198
194. Stigma 1, entire. 195
Stigma 1, five-lobed, or stigmas 2-3. Stamens 1-5, more or less
distinctly perigynous. Flowers regular. Leaves undivided. 197
195. Flowers regular. Corolla with imbricate or contorted aestivation.
Stamens 4-5, hypogynous. Shrubs or trees. Leaves opposite, undivided.
_Dovera_, =131. Salvadoraceae=.
Flowers irregular, rarely regular, but then leaves alternate and
corolla with valvate aestivation or stamens more than 5. Stamens more
or less distinctly perigynous. 196
196. Style basal or nearly so. =103. Rosaceae.=
Style terminal or nearly so. Stamens 9-10. =105. Leguminosae.=
197. Stigma 5-lobed. Calyx valvate in bud. Seeds exalbuminous. Shrubs
or trees. _Maesopsis_, =137. Rhamnaceae=.
Stigmas 2-3. Seeds albuminous. =75. Caryophyllaceae.=
198. Sepals 2, free or nearly so. 199
Sepals 3-7, free or more or less united, or an entire calyx. 201
199. Flowers unisexual. Stamens 8-10. Style 3-4-cleft. Trees. Leaves
undivided. _Didierea_, =134. Sapindaceae=.
Flowers hermaphrodite. Stamens 2-7. Herbs or shrubs. 200
200. Corolla regular. Stamens 4-7, free or nearly so. Style 3-parted.
Embryo large, curved. Shrubs. Leaves undivided. _Portulacaria_, =73.
Portulacaceae=.
Corolla irregular. Stamens 2, three-cleft (or 6, united in 2 bundles).
Style simple. Embryo small. Herbs. Leaves dissected. =86. Papaveraceae.=
201. Stamens numerous. Style 1. Corolla with imbricate or contorted
aestivation. Leaves opposite. Shrubs or trees. _Calophyllum_, =149.
Guttiferae=.
Stamens 1-10, rarely more, but then styles 3 or corolla with valvate
aestivation. 202
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