Marquesia Gilg

Description of the genus

Tall trees, with buttresses. Leaves alternate, petiolate, entire, penninerved, with an extra-floral nectary at the base of the midrib on the upper surface; stipules caducous. Flowers in large terminal panicles, radially symmetric, bisexual; sepals 5, petals 5, white; fruit surrounded by the 5 acrescent sepals.

DRC: 1 taxon.

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Flora of Zambia: Marquesia

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



Flora of the Democratic Republic of Congo: Genus page: Marquesia.
https://www.drcongoflora.com/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=1946, retrieved 23 November 2024

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