Description
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Annual herb. Leaves opposite. Flowers small, dimorphic, borne in small sessile terminal heads. Calyx lobes 3-4, small, sometimes 1 enlarged. Corolla lobes 3-4, oblong. Ovary 2-locular; ovule solitary in each loculus, pendulous. Fruit ovoid, indehiscent, breaking off to leave a small cup, which is the persistent woody pedicel.
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- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Paraknoxia Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=1392
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- Mark Hyde
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- Bart Wursten
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- Petra Ballings
Paraknoxia: Brief Summary
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Paraknoxia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Rubiaceae.
Its native range is Central African Republic to Eastern and Southern Tropical Africa.
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