Trichocladus

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Ordo: Saxifragales

Familia: Hamamelidaceae
Subfamilia: Hamamelidoideae
Genus: Trichocladus
Species: T. crinitus – T. ellipticus – T. goetzei – T. grandiflorus
Source(s) of checklist:

Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Trichocladus in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 Oct 07. Reference page.

Name

Trichocladus Pers., 1807

Type species: Trichocladus crinitus Pers.

Synonyms

Dahlia Thunb., Skrivt. Naturh. Selsk. Kiobenh. 2: 133. t. 4 (1792)

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa
Regional: Tropical Africa
Angola, Cape Provinces, Ethiopia, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Malawi, Mozambique, Northern Provinces, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition
References
Primary references

Persoon, C.H. 1806–1807. Synopsis plantarum, seu enchiridium botanicum, complectens enumerationem systematicam specierum hucusque cognitarum. Pars secunda. 657 pp. Apud Bibliopolas Treuttel et Würtz, Parisiis Lutetiorum [Paris]; Apud J. G. Cottam, Tubingae [Tübingen]. BHL Biblioteca Digital Reference page. : 597

Additional references

Govaerts, R., Nic Lughadha, E., Black, N., Turner, R. & Paton, A. 2021. The World Checklist of Vascular Plants, a continuously updated resource for exploring global plant diversity. Scientific Data 8, Article number 215. DOI: 10.1038/s41597-021-00997-6 Reference page.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Trichocladus in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 Oct 07. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. Oct. Trichocladus. Published online. Accessed: 07 Oct.
Tropicos.org 2021. Trichocladus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 Oct 07.
Hassler, M. 2021. Trichocladus. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2021. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 Oct 07. Reference page.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Trichocladus in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12.

Vernacular names

Trichocladus is a genus of plant in family Hamamelidaceae, consisting of shrubs or small trees. The distinguishing features of the genus Trichocladus are as follows:

Branches and leaves are often covered in dense, velvet-like, stellate hairs.
Leaves are simple, alternate or opposite, and paler beneath, with inconspicuous stipules.
Flowers are borne in dense, spherical heads, with floral parts in 4s or 5s. Sepals are fused together, forming a tube. Petals are long and narrow. Trichocladus flowers closely resemble those of the genus Hamamelis and are hermaphroditic or sexually separate, with male and female parts being borne on different flowers, either on the same plant of different plants (either monoecious or dioecious).
Fruits consist of a two-valved capsule which appears to be 4-valved at its apex.[1]

Species

Species include:[2][3]

Trichocladus crinitus (Thunb.) Pers.
Trichocladus ellipticus Eckl. & Zeyh.
Trichocladus goetzei Engl.
Trichocladus grandiflorus Oliv.

Distribution

South Africa[1][4] and Zimbabwe.[1]
Etymology

Trichocladus is derived from Greek and means 'hairy-branched' (τριχός trichos, ‘hair’; κλάδος klados, ‘branch’).[5]

References

Coates-Palgrave, M. 2002. Keith Coates-Palgrave "Trees of Southern Africa", edn 3, imp. 4. Random House Struik (Pty), Ltd, Cape Town. ISBN 9781868723898. pp 243, 245
The Plant List http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/search?q=trichocladus
Missouri Botanic Garden, TROPICOS Nomenclatural Data Base, 09 September 2007 [1]
Mabberley, D. J., "Mabberley's Plant-Book", 3rd ed., Cambridge University Press, 2008. ISBN 9780521820714 (hardback) pp 836
Gledhill, David (2008). "The Names of Plants". Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521866453 (hardback), ISBN 9780521685535 (paperback). pp 385