4373.000 Seidelia Baill.

Leistner, O.A. (ed.) (2000) Seed plants of southern Africa: families and genera Strelitzia 10

Description of the genus

Annual herbs. Leaves alternate. Inflorescence of small flowers in glomerules of cymules at end of branches or in axils of upper leaves. Petals absent. Calyx membranous, splitting into 3 valvate lobes. Fruit a 2-lobed, smooth capsule; cocci bi-valved. Seeds ovoid.

Worldwide: 4 species in Namibia and South Africa.

Caprivi: 0 taxa.

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

Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2014-25

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2025). Flora of Caprivi: Genus page: Seidelia.
https://www.capriviflora.com/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=2517, retrieved 10 April 2025

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