Spermatophyta: Dicotyledonae: Archichlamydeae: Malpighiales

Salicaceae - Willow family

Flacourtiaceae p.p.

Wild, H. (1960) Flacourtiaceae Flora Zambesiaca 1(1)

Wilmot-Dear, C.M. (1991) Salicaceae Flora Zambesiaca 9(6)

Description of the family

Dioecious trees or shrubs. Stipules present, usually deciduous. Leaves alternate, simple. Flowers in unisexual catkins, individual flowers subtended by a bract. Perianth 0. Male flowers: stamens 2-many. Female flowers: ovary superior, 1-locular; styles 1 or 2, stigmas 2, often 2-fid. Fruit a capsule, dehiscing longitudinally into 2-4 valves. Seeds with a tuft of long silky hairs.

Worldwide: 55 genera and 772 species, cosmopolitan.

Caprivi: 7 cultivated genera and 9 cultivated taxa.

Links to cultivated genera: View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this family

Genus	Content
Casearia Jacq.	Description
Dovyalis E. Mey. ex Arn.	Description
Flacourtia Comm. ex L'Hér.	Description, Image
Homalium Jacq.	Description, Image
Oncoba Forssk.	Description, Image
Scolopia Schreb.	Description
Trimeria Harv.	Description

Other sources of information about Salicaceae:

Our websites:

Flora of Botswana: Salicaceae
Flora of Caprivi: Salicaceae
Flora of Malawi: Salicaceae
Flora of Mozambique: Salicaceae
Flora of Zambia: Salicaceae
Flora of Zimbabwe: Salicaceae
Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Salicaceae

External websites:

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Salicaceae
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Salicaceae
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Salicaceae
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Salicaceae
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Salicaceae
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Salicaceae
JSTOR Plant Science: Salicaceae
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Salicaceae
Wikipedia: Salicaceae
Plants of the World Online: Salicaceae
Tropicos: Salicaceae