4206.000 Triaspis Burch.

Description of the genus

Climbing shrubs, lianes or small trees. Leaves opposite, rarely ternate, usually with 2-4 glands on the undersurface near the base. Inflorescences of corymbs, umbels or panicles, axillary or terminal. Flowers actinomorphic or zygomorphic. Sepals usually without glands. Petals variously coloured, unguiculate. Anthers not linear. Ovary 3-locular, hairy or glabrous. Fruit a samara with an entire lateral wing; dorsal wing shorter or 0.

Worldwide: 18 species, mainly in tropical Africa but with 2 in South Africa

Burundi: 1 taxon.

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macropteron Welw. ex Oliv.[Agg]

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Flora of Malawi: Triaspis
Flora of Mozambique: Triaspis
Flora of Zambia: Triaspis
Flora of Zimbabwe: Triaspis

External websites:

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



Flora of Burundi: Genus page: Triaspis.
https://www.burundiflora.com/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=821, retrieved 4 December 2024

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