Marquesia Gilg

Meerts, P. (2017) Dipterocarpaceae Flore d'Afrique Centrale Nouvelle Serie Jardin Botanique Meise, Belgique

Description of the genus

Tall trees, with buttresses. Leaves alternate, petiolate, entire, penninerved, with an extra-floral nectary at the base of the midrib on the upper surface; stipules caducous. Flowers in large terminal panicles, radially symmetric, bisexual; sepals 5, petals 5, white; fruit surrounded by the 5 acrescent sepals.

Angola: 0 taxa.

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Flora of the DRC: Marquesia
Flora of Tanzania: Marquesia
Flora of Zambia: Marquesia

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

Copyright: The Angola flora team, 2026

The Angola flora team (2026). Flora of Angola: Genus page: Marquesia.
https://www.angolaflora.com/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=1946, retrieved 17 August 2026

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