0894.000 Palisota Endl.

Faden, R. (2012) Commelinaceae Flora of Tropical East Africa

Fayaz, F. (2011) Encyclopedia of Tropical Plants Firefly Books, New Zealand

Malaise, P. (1988) Commelinaceae Flore du Rwanda Spermatophytes Volume IV 119-142

Van den Burg, J.W. & Bidault, E. (2020) Commelinaceae Flore du Gabon 55 1-88

Description of the genus

Herbs, stem simple or absent. Leaves basal or in pseudo-whorls, hairy when young; lamina margins permanently and densely clothed in ferrugineous hairs. Inflorescence 1 (rarely 2-3), consisting of terminal, or sometimes axillary, thyrses, elongate or dense; flowers in small cymes. Sepals 3; petals 3, white sometimes tinged with pink or bluish, small obovate. Fruit indehiscent, fleshy or succulent; often purple or red. Seeds 2, superimposed in each cell, or solitary, or more numerous and irregularly packed.

Worldwide: 31 species endemic to tropical Africa.

Burundi: 1 taxon.

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Other sources of information about Palisota:

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Flora of the DRC: Palisota
Flora of Rwanda: Palisota
Flora of Zambia: Palisota

External websites:

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Palisota
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Palisota
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Palisota
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Palisota
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iNaturalist: Palisota
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Palisota
JSTOR Plant Science: Palisota
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Palisota
Plants of the World Online: Palisota
Tropicos: Palisota
Wikipedia: Palisota

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