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Lasiodiscus
Sign in to saveLasiodiscus, commonly known as red-hair bushes, is a small plant genus in the family Rhamnaceae. It is endemic to Africa and its adjacent islands.
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Vinony's link graph records 9 inbound references to Lasiodiscus, and connects out to South Africa, plant and Wikidata.
It sits within the topics Lasiodiscus and Rhamnaceae genera.
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Species
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 45
- With media
- 38
- Family
- Rhamnaceae
- Collections
- MO, NY, A, O, MNHN, B
- Recorded in
- Tanzania, Madagascar, Gabon, Guinea, Cameroon, Liberia, Equatorial Guinea, Congo Democratic Republic
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Rhamnaceae
- Image
- Lasiodiscus mildbraedii, blare, Inhamitangabos.jpg
Show 5 more facts
- topic's main category
- Category:Lasiodiscus
- Commons category
- Lasiodiscus
- taxon name
- Lasiodiscus
- taxon rank
- genus
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Encyclopedic overview
6 sectionsContents
- Description
- Habitat
- Relationships
- Species
- References
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Lasiodiscus, commonly known as red-hair bushes, is a small plant genus in the family Rhamnaceae. It is endemic to Africa and its adjacent islands.
==Description== The small trees have opposite, often asymmetric leaves. As with Colubrina, the flower ovaries are surrounded by a nectariferous disc that fills the receptacle.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Lasiodiscus” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.