e-Key v3 - Ke<span id="jodit_selection_marker_1706703868379_8718824304887183" data-jodit_selection_marker="start" style="line-height: 0; display: none;"></span>y to Rhizophor<span id="jodit_selection_marker_1706703868379_5750765952125181" data-jodit_selection_marker="end" style="line-height: 0; display: none;"></span>aceae Genera
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Interactive keys to the identification of seed plants of southern Africa using keys based on plant morphology.
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  • Plants of inland forest and coastal bush
  • Fruit a capsule
  • Seeds arillate, not germinating while on the plant
 Cassipourea
b
  • Plants of mangrove habitat (in estuaries)
  • Fruit a leathery berry usually germinating on the plant
  • Seeds without aril
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  • Calyx lobes 8-15
  • Flowers solitary, ± 15 mm long
 Bruguiera
b
  • Calyx lobes 4 or 5(6)
  • Flowers usually in cymes, up to 10 mm long
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  • Leaves mostly elliptic with midrib produced into a caducous mucro
  • Anther filaments shorter than anthers
  • Hypocotyl of germinating seed not ridged
 Rhizophora
b
  • Leaves mostly obovate, without mucro
  • Anther filaments longer than anthers
  • Hypocotyl longitudinally ridged
 Ceriops

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