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
95. (83.) Leaves digitate. Male flowers in glomerules, with a
5-8-partite calyx. Trees. [Subtribe BISCHOFIINAE.] 96
Leaves simple, undivided. 98
96. Leaflets 1-3. Flowers monoecious. Stamens 14-15.--Species 1.
Southern West Africa (Angola). =Aristogeitonia= Prain
Leaflets 5-7. Flowers dioecious. Stamens 4-10. 97
97. Leaves opposite. Leaflets stalked. Fruit a capsule.--Species 1.
West Africa. Yields timber (African teak). =Oldfieldia= Hook.
Leaves alternate. Leaflets sessile. Male flowers with a 6-8-cleft
calyx and 6-8 stamens. Female flowers solitary, with 3 bracteoles, a
disc consisting of 6-7 scales, a 2-celled ovary, and 2 short, thick,
undivided styles. Fruit a drupe.--Species 1. Southern West Africa
(Angola). =Paivaeusa= Welw.
98. Leaves opposite or whorled. Flowers dioecious, the male in
fascicles or panicles, the female solitary. Stamens numerous. Disc
none. Fruit a capsule. Trees. [Subtribe TOXICODENDRINAE.] 99
Leaves alternate. 100
99. Sepals 2-5. Stamens inserted upon a stalk-like receptacle. Styles
united high up.--Species 1. Southern East Africa (Mosambic). Yields
timber. =Androstachys= Prain
Sepals 5-12. Stamens inserted upon a flat receptacle. Styles united at
the base only.--Species 1. South Africa (Cape Colony). Fruit poisonous.
(_Hyaenanche_ Lamb.) =Toxicodendron= Thunb.
100. Male flowers in catkins, spikes, racemes, or panicles, more rarely
in heads or umbels with a calyx-like involucre. Flowers dioecious.
[Subtribe ANTIDESMINAE.] 101
Male flowers in axillary glomerules, fascicles, or short cymes, rarely
in umbels without an involucre. 112
101. Male flowers in umbels or heads with a calyx-like involucre,
female solitary. Male flowers without a disc, but with a rudimentary
pistil. Stamens 4-5. Ovary 2-4 celled. Styles branched. Fruit fleshy,
indehiscent. Trees.--Species 30. Tropics. Some yield timber or edible
fruits. =Uapaca= Baill.
Male flowers in spikes, racemes, or panicles without an involucre. 102
102. Ovary 1-celled. Fruit a drupe. Trees or shrubs. 103
Ovary 2-5-celled. 105
103. Styles 3, 2-lobed. Male flowers with a disc. Stamens 2-5.--Species
25. Tropical and South-east Africa. Some yield timber and dye-stuffs.
=Antidesma= L.
Style 1, undivided. Male flowers without a disc. 104
104. Sepals in the male flowers 3-5. Stamens 3-5. Disc of the female
flowers ring-shaped.--Species 2. Madagascar. =Cometia= Thouars
Sepals in the male flowers 6-8. Stamens numerous. Disc none.--Species
1. Equatorial West Africa. The seeds yield oil. =Plagiostyles= Pierre
105. Ovary 2-celled. Male flowers with a rudimentary pistil. Trees or
shrubs. 106
Ovary 3-, rarely 4-5-celled. 108
106. Ovary and fruit winged. Styles long, undivided. Disc none. Stamens
4-6.--Species 12. Central and South Africa. =Hymenocardia= Wall.
Ovary and fruit not winged. Styles short. 107
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