View source for Malephora ← Malephora You do not have permission to edit this page, for the following reason: The action you have requested is limited to users in the group: Users. You can view and copy the source of this page. {{Treatment/ID |accepted_name=Malephora |accepted_authority=N. E. Brown |publications={{Treatment/Publication |title=Gard. Chron., ser. |place=3, 81: 12. 1927 |year=1927 }} |basionyms= |synonyms= |hierarchy=Aizoaceae;Malephora |hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Aizoaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Malephora]]</div></div> |etymology=Greek malle, arm-hole, and pherein, to bear, in reference to the seed pockets of the fruits |volume=Volume 4 |mention_page=page 77 |treatment_page=page 89 }}<!-- --><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Shrubs </b>or subshrubs, perennial, succulent. <b>Roots</b> fibrous. <b>Stems</b> erect to prostrate, rooting at older nodes. <b>Leaves</b> cauline, opposite, sessile; stipules absent; blade slightly connate basally, triangular to cylindric, smooth, usually glaucous. <b>Inflorescences</b> axillary or terminal, flowers solitary or in cymes, pedicellate; bracts absent. <b>Flowers</b> showy, tubular, to 5 cm diam.; calyx lobes 4–6, tapered, unequal; petals (including petaloid staminodia) 40–65, distinct, yellow, pink, orange, or reddish to purple; stamens 150, erect, bases often hairy; nectary often present; pistil 8–12-carpellate; ovary mostly inferior, flat apically, 8–12-loculed, each locule with basal pocket containing 1–2 or no seeds; placentation parietal; style absent; stigmas 8–12, plumose. <b>Fruits</b> capsules, persistent, dehiscence loculicidal, not separating into segments; locule lids present, winged. <b>Seeds</b> 75, lenticular, rough; tubercles in rows.</span><!-- -->{{Treatment/Body |distribution=Africa. |discussion=<p>Species 13 (1 in the flora).</p> |tables= |references= }}<!-- --><!-- -->{{#Taxon: name=Malephora |author=John E. Bleck |authority=N. E. Brown |rank=genus |parent rank=family |synonyms= |basionyms= |family=Aizoaceae |distribution=Africa. |introduced=true |reference=None |publication title=Gard. Chron., ser. |publication year=1927 |special status= |source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/9216fc802291cd3df363fd52122300479582ede7/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V4/V4_182.xml |genus=Malephora }}<!-- -->[[Category:Treatment]][[Category:Aizoaceae]] Templates used on this page: Template:Aizoaceae (view source) Template:Treatment/AuthorLink (view source) Template:Treatment/Body (view source) Template:Treatment/Body/Maps (view source) Template:Treatment/ID (view source) Template:Treatment/Publication (view source) Return to Malephora.