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: 4 genera and 4 taxa.

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GenusContent
Flacourtia Comm. ex L'Hér.Description
Homalium Jacq.Description, Image
Oncoba Forssk.Description
Salix L.Description

Other sources of information about Salicaceae:

Our websites:

Flora of Botswana: Salicaceae
Flora of Burundi: Salicaceae
Flora of the DRC: Salicaceae
Flora of Malawi: Salicaceae
Flora of Mozambique: Salicaceae
Flora of Rwanda: 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



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: Family page: Salicaceae.
https://www.capriviflora.com/speciesdata/family.php?family_id=200, retrieved 10 November 2024

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