Noltea africana

Noltea africana
	Noltea africana
Systematics
	Rosids
	Eurosiden I
Order :	Rose-like (rosales)
Family :	Buckthorn Family (Rhamnaceae)
Genre :	Noltea
Type :	Noltea africana
Scientific name of the genus
	Noltea
	Rchb.
Scientific name of the species
	Noltea africana
	Rchb.

Noltea africana is a species in the family of the cross thorn plants (Rhamnaceae) and the only member of the genus Noltea . It is native to southern Africa.

description

Noltea africana are evergreen shrubs or small trees up to 4 meters high. Their leaves are alternate to one another and are colored differently on both sides.

The flowers are in axillary or terminal, few-flowered cymes in small panicles . The short flower cup is cup-shaped, at its lower part it is fused with the very thin disc . The ovary is semi-subordinate and triple.

Distribution and systematics

Species and genus were first described in 1828 by Heinrich Gottlieb Ludwig Reichenbach . They can be found in southern Africa. Within the buckthorn family , Noltea africana is classified in the tribe Rhamneae .

proof

↑ ^a ^b ^c D. Medan, C. Schirarend: Rhamnaceae In: Klaus Kubitzki (Ed.): The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants - Volume VI - Flowering Plants - Dicotyledons - Celastrales, Oxalidales, Rosales, Cornales, Ericales , 2004, P. 330, ISBN 978-3-540-06512-8

[kub-1] D. Medan, C. Schirarend: Rhamnaceae In: Klaus Kubitzki (Ed.): The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants - Volume VI - Flowering Plants - Dicotyledons - Celastrales, Oxalidales, Rosales, Cornales, Ericales , 2004, P. 330, ISBN 978-3-540-06512-8