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
342. Sepals 4. Petals 4. Stamens 6. Ovary 2-celled or transversally
septate. Stigmas 1-2. Leaves exstipulate. =88. Cruciferae.=
Sepals 5. Ovary 5-celled. Stigmas 5. Leaves stipulate. =107.
Geraniaceae.=
343. (339.) Stamens twice as many as the petals. 344
Stamens more than twice as many as the petals. 359
344. Filaments free. 345
Filaments evidently united, at least at the base. 354
345. Calyx with valvate aestivation. 346
Calyx with imbricate aestivation. 349
346. Leaves gland-dotted, without stipules, but sometimes with axillary
spines. =115. Rutaceae.=
Leaves not gland-dotted, usually with stipules. 347
347. Leaves opposite or whorled, undivided, stipulate. Petals valvate
in bud. Stamens perigynous. Shrubs or trees. =177. Rhizophoraceae.=
Leaves alternate. 348
348. Leaves simple, stipulate. Stamens hypogynous. =141. Tiliaceae.=
Leaves compound, more rarely simple, but then, as usual, exstipulate.
Shrubs or trees. =117. Burseraceae.=
349. Stipules present, but sometimes very small and caducous. 350
Stipules wanting, but axillary spines sometimes present. 352
350. Sepals 3, surrounded by a 6-toothed involucre. Petals 5.
Disc cup-shaped. Trees or shrubs. Leaves alternate, undivided.
_Leptochlaena_, =140. Chlaenaceae=.
Sepals 4-6. Disc ring-or cushion-shaped or reduced to separate scales
or wanting. 351
351. Stigma 1, entire or lobed. Filaments usually provided with an
appendage. Leaves usually compound. =113. Zygophyllaceae.=
Stigmas 5. Filaments without an appendage. Leaves simple, but sometimes
dissected. Fruit beaked, splitting into 5 nutlets. =107. Geraniaceae.=
352. Flowers irregular, 4-merous. Disc outside the stamens, one-sided,
sometimes indistinct. Ovary 2-3-celled. Leaves pinnate. =134.
Sapindaceae.=
Flowers regular. 353
353. Bark resinous. Leaves rarely dotted. Ovules pendulous or
laterally attached. Fruit drupe-like, but sometimes dehiscing. Seeds
exalbuminous. =117. Burseraceae.=
Bark not resinous. Leaves gland-dotted. Ovules usually ascending. =115.
Rutaceae.=
354. (344.) Sepals valvate in bud, united below. Leaves stipulate. 355
Sepals imbricate in bud. 356
355. Leaves opposite or whorled. Petals toothed or slit, valvate in
bud. =177. Rhizophoraceae.=
Leaves alternate. Petals nearly always imbricate in bud. =144.
Sterculiaceae.=
356. Stigmas 5. Ovary lobed. Sepals and petals imbricate in bud. Herbs
or undershrubs. Leaves simple, stipulate. =107. Geraniaceae.=
Stigmas 1-3. Shrubs or trees. 357
357. Leaves stipulate, undivided. Petals with contorted aestivation.
Disc wanting. =110. Linaceae.=
Leaves exstipulate. Stigma 1, entire or lobed. 358
358. Leaves simple, undivided. Ovary 3-celled. Disc wanting.
_Asteropeia_, =148. Theaceae=.
Leaves compound, more rarely simple, but then ovary 4-20-celled. Disc
usually present. =118. Meliaceae.=
359. (343.) Petals with valvate aestivation. Trees or shrubs. 360
Petals with imbricate or contorted aestivation. 362
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