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|accepted_name=Malephora
|accepted_authority=N. E. Brown
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Gard. Chron., ser.
|place=3, 81: 12. 1927
|year=1927
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Aizoaceae;Malephora
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Aizoaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Malephora]]</div></div>
|etymology=Greek malle, arm-hole, and pherein, to bear, in reference to the seed pockets of the fruits
|volume=Volume 4
|mention_page=page 77
|treatment_page=page 89
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--><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="shrub duration;shrub texture;subshrub duration;subshrub texture"><b>Shrubs </b>or subshrubs, perennial, succulent.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="root texture"><b>Roots </b>fibrous.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="stem orientation;stem orientation;stem orientation;stem architecture;node life cycle"><b>Stems </b>erect to prostrate, rooting at older nodes.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="leaf position;leaf arrangement;leaf architecture"><b>Leaves </b>cauline, opposite, sessile;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="stipule count">stipules absent;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="blade fusion;blade shape;blade shape;blade shape;blade architecture or pubescence or relief;blade pubescence">blade slightly connate basally, triangular to cylindric, smooth, usually glaucous.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="inflorescence position;inflorescence position;flower architecture or arrangement or growth form;flower architecture or arrangement or growth form;flower architecture"><b>Inflorescences </b>axillary or terminal, flowers solitary or in cymes, pedicellate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="bract count">bracts absent.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="flower prominence;flower shape;flower diameter"><b>Flowers </b>showy, tubular, to 5 cm diam.;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="calyx lobe count;calyx lobe shape;calyx lobe size">calyx lobes 4–6, tapered, unequal;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="petal count;petal fusion;petal coloration;petal coloration;petal coloration;petal coloration;petal coloration;petal coloration;petal coloration;petal coloration;petal coloration;petal coloration">petals (including petaloid staminodia) 40–65, distinct, yellow, pink, orange, or reddish to purple;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties="stamen count;stamen orientation;base pubescence">stamens 150, erect, bases often hairy;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s12" data-properties="nectary count">nectary often present;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s13" data-properties="pistil architecture">pistil 8–12-carpellate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s14" data-properties="ovary position;ovary prominence or shape;ovary architecture;seed count;seed count">ovary mostly inferior, flat apically, 8–12-loculed, each locule with basal pocket containing 1–2 or no seeds;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s15" data-properties="locule placentation">placentation parietal;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s16" data-properties="style count">style absent;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s17" data-properties="stigma count;stigma shape">stigmas 8–12, plumose.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s18" data-properties="fruits capsule duration;fruits capsule dehiscence;fruits capsule arrangement"><b>Fruits </b>capsules, persistent, dehiscence loculicidal, not separating into segments;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s19" data-properties="locule lid count;locule lid architecture">locule lids present, winged.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s20" data-properties="seed count;seed shape;seed pubescence or relief"><b>Seeds </b>75, lenticular, rough;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s21" data-properties="">tubercles in rows.</span><!--

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|distribution=Africa.
|discussion=<p>Species 13 (1 in the flora).</p>
|tables=
|references=
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Malephora
|author=John E. Bleck
|authority=N. E. Brown
|rank=genus
|parent rank=family
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Aizoaceae
|distribution=Africa.
|reference=None
|publication title=Gard. Chron., ser.
|publication year=1927
|special status=
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|genus=Malephora
|base pubescence=hairy
|blade architecture or pubescence or relief=smooth
|blade fusion=connate
|blade pubescence=glaucous
|blade shape=triangular;cylindric
|bract count=absent
|calyx lobe count=4;6
|calyx lobe shape=tapered
|calyx lobe size=unequal
|flower architecture=pedicellate
|flower architecture or arrangement or growth form=in cymes;solitary
|flower diameter=0cm;5cm
|flower prominence=showy
|flower shape=tubular
|fruits capsule arrangement=not separating
|fruits capsule dehiscence=loculicidal
|fruits capsule duration=persistent
|inflorescence position=terminal;axillary
|leaf architecture=sessile
|leaf arrangement=opposite
|leaf position=cauline
|locule lid architecture=winged
|locule lid count=present
|locule placentation=parietal
|nectary count=present
|node life cycle=older
|ovary architecture=8-12-loculed
|ovary position=inferior
|ovary prominence or shape=flat
|petal coloration=reddish;purple
|petal count=40;65
|petal fusion=distinct
|pistil architecture=8-12-carpellate
|root texture=fibrous
|seed count=75;no;1;2
|seed pubescence or relief=rough
|seed shape=lenticular
|shrub duration=perennial
|shrub texture=succulent
|stamen count=150
|stamen orientation=erect
|stem architecture=rooting
|stem orientation=erect;prostrate
|stigma count=8;12
|stigma shape=plumose
|stipule count=absent
|style count=absent
|subshrub duration=perennial
|subshrub texture=succulent
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