- Family: Thymelaeaceae Juss.
Dais Royen ex L.
[FTEA]
Thymelaeaceae, B. Peterson (University of Göteborg). Flora of Tropical East Africa. 1978
- Morphology General Habit
- Deciduous, many-branched shrubs or trees
- Morphology Branches
- Branches dark or greyish brown, striate, glabrous
- Morphology Leaves
- Leaves often at the ends of the branches, opposite or alternate, petiolate; blade glabrous, with a slightly bluish tinge above, light green beneath, midrib and pinnate lateral veins yellow beneath, slightly raised, lateral veins curve before reaching the margin, indistinctly reticulate
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
- Inflorescence a dense, peduncled, terminal head Involucral bracts rigid, persistent
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
- Calyx-tube cylindric, often slightly curved, circumscissile above the ovary; lobes 5 (rarely 4), outer slightly larger than the inner
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
- Petals lacking
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
- Stamens 10, 2-seriate
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Pistil
- Ovary 1-chambered; disc cupular, irregularly lobed; style lateral, filiform; stigma capitate, papillose.
[FZ]
Flora Zambesiaca. Vol. 9, Part 3. Polygonaceae-Myriaceae. Pope GV, Polhill RM, Martins ES. 2006.
- Morphology Branches
- Branches dark- or greyish-brown, striate, glabrous
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
- Petals lacking Petals lacking.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
- Stamens 10, 2-whorled, inserted on the calyx tube Stamens 10, 2-whorled, inserted on the calyx tube.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Ovary
- Ovary 1-locular; disk cupular, irregularly lobed; style lateral, filiform; stigma capitate, papillose.
- Distribution
- Two species, one in east and south-eastern Africa, the other in Madagascar.
- Morphology General Habit
- Deciduous, much branched shrubs and trees. Deciduous, much branched shrubs and trees
- Morphology Stem
- Branches dark- or greyish-brown, striate, glabrous.
- Morphology Leaves
- Leaves opposite or alternate, often at the ends of the branches, petiolate; lamina glabrous, with a slightly bluish tinge above, light green beneath; midrib and pinnate lateral veins yellow or pale green beneath, slightly raised, the lateral veins curving before reaching the margin, indistinctly reticulate. Leaves opposite or alternate, often at the ends of the branches, petiolate; lamina glabrous, with a slightly bluish tinge above, light green beneath; midrib and pinnate lateral veins yellow or pale green beneath, slightly raised, the lateral veins curving before reaching the margin, indistinctly reticulate
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
- Inflorescence a dense, peduncled, terminal head. Inflorescence a dense, peduncled, terminal head
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
- Calyx tube cylindric, often slightly curved, usually circumscissile above the ovary; lobes 5 (rarely 4), outer slightly larger than the inner. Calyx tube cylindric, often slightly curved, usually circumscissile above the ovary; lobes 5 (rarely 4), outer slightly larger than the inner
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Pistil
- Ovary 1-locular; disk cupular, irregularly lobed; style lateral, filiform; stigma capitate, papillose.
Native to:
Cape Provinces, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Northern Provinces, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zimbabwe
Dais Royen ex L. appears in other Kew resources:
First published in Sp. Pl. ed. 2: 556 (1762)
Accepted by
- Govaerts, R. (2000). World Checklist of Seed Plants Database in ACCESS D: 1-30141.
Literature
Flora Zambesiaca
- Biblioth. Bot. 27, heft 111: 133 (1934).
- Domke in Biblioth. Bot. 27, heft 111: 133 (1934).
- Gen. Pl., ed. 6: 215 (1764).
- Gen. Pl., ed. 6: 215 (1764).
- Sp. Pl., ed. 2, 1: 556 (1762)
- Sp. Pl., ed. 2, 1: 556 (1762)
Flora of Tropical East Africa
- Domke in Bibl. Bot. 27(111): 133 (1934)
- L., Gen. Pl., ed. 6: 215 (1764)
- Sp. Pl., ed. 2, 1: 556 (1762)
Flora Zambesiaca
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Flora of Tropical East Africa
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