5538.000 Combretum
QUISQUALIS L.
Liben, L. (1968) Combretaceae Flore du Congo du Rwanda et du Burundi Jardin Botanique National de Belgique, Bruxelles
Description of the genus
Trees, shrubs, or woody climbers. Leaves opposite, whorled, subopposite or rarely alternate, usually entire; petiole sometimes persisting and forming a ± hooked spine. Flowers bisexual, actinomorphic, 4-5-merous. Calyx 4-5 (rarely more). Petals usually 4-5, variously coloured. Stamens twice as many as petals, in 1 or 2 series. Ovary inferior. Fruit 4-5-winged. A generally recognisable genus but Schrebera trichoclada in leaf looks very similar. The flowers of many species resemble those of willows (Salix species), hence their common name of Bushwillow. Worldwide: 250 species in the tropics, excluding Australia Caprivi: 20 taxa. Insects associated with this genus:
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| Species | Content | |
| albopunctatum Suess. | ||
| apiculatum Sond. subsp. apiculatum | Description, Image | |
| apiculatum Sond. subsp. leutweinii (Schinz) Exell | ||
| celastroides Welw. ex M.A. Lawson subsp. celastroides | Description, Image | |
| collinum Fresen. [Agg] | Description, Image | |
| elaeagnoides Klotzsch | Description, Image | |
| engleri Schinz | ||
| hereroense Schinz subsp. hereroense | Description, Image | |
| imberbe Wawra | Description, Image | |
| molle R.Br ex G. Don | Description, Image | |
| mossambicense (Klotzsch) Engl. | Description, Image | |
| oxystachyum Welw. ex M.A.Lawson | ||
| platypetalum M.A.Lawson subsp. baumii (Engl. & Gilg) Exell | ||
| platypetalum Welw. ex M.A. Lawson subsp. oatesii (Rolfe) Exell | Description, Image | |
| platypetalum Welw. ex M.A. Lawson subsp. platypetalum | ||
| psidioides Welw. [Agg] | Description, Image | |
| psidioides Welw. subsp. dinteri (Schinz) Exell | Description | |
| psidioides Welw. subsp. psidioides | Description | |
| schumannii Engl. | ||
| zeyheri Sond. | Description, Image |
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