Vitellariopsis articles - Encyclopedia of Life

Description

provided by Flora of Zimbabwe

Shrubs and trees with leaves crowded at ends of branches. Flowers borne in axils of current leaves. Sepals 8, in 2 dissimilar whorls of 4. Corolla of 8 deeply 3-lobed petals. Staminodes alternating with stamens, triangular, fused into a cone. Fruit a 1-seeded berry. Seeds with a large basal scar.

license: cc-by-nc
copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings

bibliographic citation: Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Vitellariopsis Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=1075
author: Mark Hyde
author: Bart Wursten
author: Petra Ballings

original: visit source
partner site: Flora of Zimbabwe

Vitellariopsis

provided by wikipedia EN

Vitellariopsis is a group of plants in the family Sapotaceae described as a genus in 1915.^[2]^[3] The genus is native to eastern and southern Africa.^[1]^[4]^[5]

species^[1]^[6]

Vitellariopsis cuneata (Engl.) Aubrév. - Usambara Mts in Tanzania
Vitellariopsis dispar (N.E.Br.) Aubrév. - Eswatini, KwaZulu-Natal
Vitellariopsis ferruginea Kupicha - Zimbabwe
Vitellariopsis kirkii (Baker) Dubard - Nampula, Tanzania, Kenya
Vitellariopsis marginata (N.E.Br.) Aubrév. - Mozambique, Eswatini, South Africa

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
^ Dubard, Marcel Marie Maurice. 1915. Annales du Musée Colonial de Marseille, sér. 3, 3: 44
^ Tropicos, Vitellariopsis Baill. ex Dubard
^ Govaerts, R., Frodin, D.G. & Pennington, D. (2001 publ. 2002). World Checklist and Bibliography of Sapotaceae: 1-364. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
^ Calane da Silva, M., Izdine, S. & Amuse, A.B. (2004). A Preliminary Checklist of the Vascular Plants of Mozambique: 1-184. SABONET, Pretoria
^ theplantlist.org (2010). "theplantlist - Vitellariopsis". Kew Gardens. Retrieved 19 August 2011.

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Vitellariopsis&oldid=1158896631"

license: cc-by-sa-3.0
copyright: Wikipedia authors and editors

original: visit source
partner site: wikipedia EN

Vitellariopsis: Brief Summary

provided by wikipedia EN

Vitellariopsis is a group of plants in the family Sapotaceae described as a genus in 1915. The genus is native to eastern and southern Africa.

species Vitellariopsis cuneata (Engl.) Aubrév. - Usambara Mts in Tanzania Vitellariopsis dispar (N.E.Br.) Aubrév. - Eswatini, KwaZulu-Natal Vitellariopsis ferruginea Kupicha - Zimbabwe Vitellariopsis kirkii (Baker) Dubard - Nampula, Tanzania, Kenya Vitellariopsis marginata (N.E.Br.) Aubrév. - Mozambique, Eswatini, South Africa

license: cc-by-sa-3.0
copyright: Wikipedia authors and editors

original: visit source
partner site: wikipedia EN