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Ellipanthus
Sign in to saveEllipanthus is a genus of plants in the family Connaraceae. The generic name is from the Greek meaning "defective flower", referring to the incomplete development of some of the stamens.
In the Vinony graph
Vinony's link graph records 3 inbound references to Ellipanthus, and connects out to Africa, Madagascar and Sri Lanka.
Vinony files it under Connaraceae, Oxalidales genera and Taxa named by Joseph Dalton Hooker.
Vinony links it to 13 Wikipedia language editions.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderOxalidales
- FamilyConnaraceae
via GBIF · Kew POWO
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 184
- With media
- 187
- Family
- Connaraceae
- Collections
- A, MO
- Recorded in
- Philippines, Madagascar, Tanzania, Indonesia
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Connaraceae
- Image
- Ellipanthus unifoliatus Govindoo.jpg
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- taxon rank
- genus
- taxon name
- Ellipanthus
- topic's main category
- Category:Ellipanthus
- Commons category
- Ellipanthus
- taxon common name
- 单叶豆属
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Encyclopedic overview
4 sectionsContents
- Description
- Distribution and habitat
- Species
- References
Ellipanthus is a genus of plants in the family Connaraceae. The generic name is from the Greek meaning "defective flower", referring to the incomplete development of some of the stamens.
==Description== Ellipanthus species grow as shrubs or small trees. The twigs are tomentose, especially when young. Inflorescences consist of four or five flowers. The fruits are densely tomentose with a woody pericarp.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ellipanthus” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.