3112.000 Maerua
COURBONIA Brongn.
NIEBUHRIA DC.
PHYSANTHEMUM Klotzsch
STREBLOCARPUS Arn.
WIEGMANNIA Hochst. & Steud.
Description of the genus
Shrublets, shrubs, trees or climbers. Spines 0 but lateral branches may be sharp at the tip. Leaves alternate or crowded on short side shoots, simple or 3(-5)-foliolate. Flowers bisexual. Receptacle cylindric or funnel-shaped, often produced into a disk. Sepals (3-)4. Petals 0 or (3-)4(-8). Androgynophore shorter than the sepals. Gynophore elongated. Fruit spherical, ovoid, ellipsoid, oblong-ellipsoid or cylindric, sometimes beaded. Worldwide: 50 species in tropical and South Africa, extending to India Caprivi: 4 taxa. Insects associated with this genus:
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Links to taxa: View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this genus
| Species | Content | |
| angolensis DC. | Description, Image | |
| juncea Pax [Agg] | ||
| juncea Pax subsp. juncea | Description, Image | |
| schinzii Pax |
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