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Shrubs or trees. Leaves glabrous, opposite, petiolate. Flowers in axillary clusters, often appearing on old wood. Calyx 3-5-lobed, persistent. Corolla with 4-5 lobes, lobes short in relation to the tube. Stamens 4, exserted. Staminode 0. Style exserted, persistent. Fruit a berry.
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Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Halleria Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=1263
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Halleria (plant)

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Halleria is a genus of flowering plants in the family Stilbaceae described as a genus by Linnaeus in 1753.[1][2]

Halleria is native to eastern and southern Africa and to Madagascar.[3]

Species[4]
  1. Halleria elliptica L. - South Africa, Malawi
  2. Halleria ligustrifolia Baker - Madagascar
  3. Halleria lucida L. - South Africa, Malawi, Tanzania, Uganda
  4. Halleria ovata Benth. - South Africa

References

  1. ^ Linnaeus, Carl von. 1753. Species Plantarum 2: 625-626 in Latin
  2. ^ Tropicos, Halleria L.
  3. ^ Gibbs Russell, G. E., W. G. M. Welman, E. Retief, K. L. Immelman, G. Germishuizen, B. J. Pienaar, M. Van Wyk & A. Nicholas. 1987. List of species of southern African plants. Memoirs of the Botanical Survey of South Africa 2(1–2): 1–152(pt. 1), 1–270(pt. 2).
  4. ^ The Plant List, search for Halleria
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Halleria (plant): Brief Summary

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Halleria is a genus of flowering plants in the family Stilbaceae described as a genus by Linnaeus in 1753.

Halleria is native to eastern and southern Africa and to Madagascar.

Species Halleria elliptica L. - South Africa, Malawi Halleria ligustrifolia Baker - Madagascar Halleria lucida L. - South Africa, Malawi, Tanzania, Uganda Halleria ovata Benth. - South Africa
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