8346.010 Paraknoxia Bremek.

Description of the genus

Annual herb. Leaves opposite. Flowers small, dimorphic, borne in small sessile terminal heads. Calyx lobes 3-4, small, sometimes 1 enlarged. Corolla lobes 3-4, oblong. Ovary 2-locular; ovule solitary in each loculus, pendulous. Fruit ovoid, indehiscent, breaking off to leave a small cup, which is the persistent woody pedicel.

Worldwide: 1 species in tropical Africa

Caprivi: 1 cultivated taxon.

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Species	Content
parviflora (Stapf & Verdc.) Bremek.	Description

Other sources of information about Paraknoxia:

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Flora of Malawi: Paraknoxia
Flora of Zimbabwe: Paraknoxia

External websites:

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

Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2014-24

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Caprivi: Cultivated plants: genus page: Paraknoxia.
https://www.capriviflora.com/cult/genus.php?genus_id=1392, retrieved 29 April 2024

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