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Description

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Trees, shrubs or suffrutices, with the young parts and inflorescences stellately tomentose. Milky latex intermittently present in a few species. Leaves alternate, imparipinnate or 3-foliolate, rarely 1-foliolate (and thus appearing simple), entire. Panicles terminal or axillary, ± branched and pyramidal or spike-like. Male flowers: calyx 4-partite; petals 4; stamens 8. Female flowers: calyx and petals similar to males; staminodes present; ovary 4-locular; styles 3-4. Drupe obovoid or ovoid.

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bibliographic citation: Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Lannea Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=880
author: Mark Hyde
author: Bart Wursten
author: Petra Ballings

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Lannea

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Lannea is a genus of plants in the family Anacardiaceae.

Taxonomy

Species

As of July 2020, Plants of the World online has 36 accepted species:^[2]^[3]

Lannea acida A.Rich.
Lannea acuminata Engl.
Lannea alata (Engl.) Engl.
Lannea ambacensis (Hiern) Engl.
Lannea angolensis R.Fern. & Mendes
Lannea antiscorbutica (Hiern) Engl.
Lannea asymmetrica R.E.Fr.
Lannea barteri (Oliv.) Engl.
Lannea chevalieri Engl.
Lannea cinerascens Engl.
Lannea coromandelica (Houtt.) Merr.
Lannea cotoneaster (Chiov.) Sacleux
Lannea discolor (Sond.) Engl.
Lannea edulis (Sond.) Engl.
Lannea fruticosa (Hochst. ex A. Rich.) Engl.
Lannea fulva (Engl.) Engl.
Lannea glabrescens Engl.
Lannea gossweileri Exell & Mendonça

Lannea humilis (Oliv.) Engl.
Lannea katangensis Van der Veken
Lannea ledermannii Engl.
Lannea malifolia (Chiov.) Sacleux
Lannea microcarpa Engl. & K.Krause
Lannea nigritana (Scott Elliot) Keay
Lannea obovata (Hook.f. ex Oliv.) Engl.
Lannea rivae (Chiov.) Sacleux
Lannea rubra (Hiern) Engl.
Lannea schimperi (Hochst. ex A.Rich.) Engl.
Lannea schweinfurthii (Engl.) Engl.
Lannea tibatensis Engl.
Lannea transulta (Balf.f.) Radcl.-Sm.
Lannea triphylla (Hochst. ex A.Rich.) Engl.
Lannea velutina A.Rich.
Lannea virgata R.Fern. & A.Fern.
Lannea welwitschii (Hiern) Engl.
Lannea zastrowiana Engl. & Brehmer

Possible synonyms of other species:^[3]

Lannea transulta (Balf.f.) Radcl.-Sm.
Lannea triphylla (syn. L. somalensis & L. cinerea)

References

^ "Lannea A. Rich. in Guillem". Anacardiaceae and Burseraceae. National Science Foundation (NSF). Archived from the original on 4 January 2015. Retrieved 23 October 2012.
^ Kew Science Plants of the World Online, retrieved 13 July 2020
^ ^a ^b "Lannea". The Plant List. Version 1. 2010. Retrieved 23 October 2012.

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Lannea: Brief Summary

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Lannea is a genus of plants in the family Anacardiaceae.

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