The flowering plants of Africa: An analytical key to the genera of African phanerograms — John Shaqi
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
Leaves exstipulate. Fruit usually drupaceous. =127. Anacardiaceae.=
294. (288.) Flowers distinctly irregular. 295
Flowers regular or nearly so. 298
295. Leaves compound. Receptacle expanded into a disc or elongated into
a stalk. Filaments free. Trees or shrubs. =127. Anacardiaceae.=
Leaves simple, undivided. Receptacle small. 296
296. Stamens 10. Shrubs or undershrubs. =119. Malpighiaceae.=
Stamens 5-8. 297
297. Filaments free. Anthers opening by two longitudinal slits. Petals
5, perigynous. Style 1; stigmas 3. Climbing herbs. _Tropaeolum_, =109.
Tropaeolaceae=.
Filaments united. Anthers opening by an apical pore. Petals hypogynous.
=120. Polygalaceae.=
298. (294.) Stamens as many as the petals or fewer or more numerous,
but less than twice as many, 2-6. 299
Stamens twice as many as the petals or in greater number, rarely
(_Thymelaeaceae_) as many as the petals, but then 8-10. 305
299. Filaments all united below. Fertile and sterile stamens together
as many as the petals, 4-6. Disc not distinctly developed. Leaves
undivided. 300
Filaments free or united in pairs. 301
300. Stamens all fertile. Seeds albuminous. =110. Linaceae.=
Stamens partly sterile (2 fertile, 3 sterile). Seeds exalbuminous.
_Cottsia_, =119. Malpighiaceae=.
301. Anthers opening by apical pores. Petals and stamens 5, slightly
perigynous. Ovary 3-celled. Style simple; stigma 3-lobed. Seeds with
abundant albumen. Undershrubs. Leaves rolled inwards when young,
undivided, bearing glandular hairs. _Roridula_, =147. Ochnaceae=.
Anthers opening by longitudinal slits. Seeds with scanty albumen or
without any. 302
302. Stamens 6, rarely 2 or 4. Style 1. Sepals 4. Petals 4. Embryo
curved. Herbs or undershrubs, rarely shrubs. Leaves simple. =88.
Cruciferae.=
Stamens 5, rarely 4, but then styles 4 and leaves pinnate. Shrubs or
trees. 303
303. Flowers 4-merous. Disc within the stamens. Leaves pinnate. =116.
Simarubaceae.=
Flowers 5-merous. 304
304. Disc within the stamens. Ovary 3-or 5-celled. Styles or sessile
stigmas 3 or 5. Leaves simple. =127. Anacardiaceae.=
Disc outside the stamens. Ovary 2-celled. Style simple. Leaves pinnate.
_Filicium_, =134. Sapindaceae=.
305. (298.) Filaments free. Shrubs or trees, rarely undershrubs. 306
Filaments united into a tube, at least at the base. 312
306. Disc present, more or less ring-, cushion-, or cup-shaped. 307
Disc wanting. Leaves undivided. 310
307. Flowers polygamous, 4-5-merous. Leaves compound, exstipulate.
=127. Anacardiaceae.=
Flowers hermaphrodite, rarely polygamous, but then 3-merous. 308
308. Leaves with glandular dots, compound, exstipulate. Ovary
3-5-celled. Style simple. =115. Rutaceae.=
Leaves without dots. 309
309. Leaves stipulate, pinnate with 1-2 pairs of leaflets, more rarely
simple and undivided, and then stigma 3-parted. Ovary 3-5-celled. Style
simple. =113. Zygophyllaceae.=
Leaves rarely stipulate, but then undivided and stigma entire or
2-lobed. =116. Simarubaceae.=
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