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'''''Greyia''''' is a genus of [[plant]] in family [[Melianthaceae]]. Unlike other members of the [[Melianthaceae]], ''Greyia'' has simple (undivided) [[leaf|leaves]], flowers with ten [[stamen]]s, and [[ovary (plants)|ovaries]] with parietal [[placentation]].<ref>{{cite book | author=Heywood, V. H. (ed.) | year = 1993 | title=Flowering Plants of the World | edition=2nd ed. | location=New York | publisher=Oxford University Press | pages=191–192 }}</ref> Because of this, the genus has sometimes been placed in a separate family '''Greyiaceae''', but under the [[APG II system]] of classification, it is included in the Melianthaceae. {{Inc| Greyia (after Sir George Grey, once Governor of Cape Colony). Often spelled Greya. Melianthacea. A small tree from Natal, which bears large spikes of pendulous, five-petaled, scarlet flowers, and is cultivated outdoors in southern California and abroad under glass in many botanic gardens. Species probably 3, but only 1 appears to be in cult. in R.H. 1894:252 this plant is shown at its best, with a spike 6 in. long and 2-3 in. wide, containing probably over 100 fls., each ¾ in. across. In France this tree flowered from the end of autumn throughput the winter. The long-exserted stamens with reddish purple anthers make a striking feature. The structure of the fls. is so peculiar that Harvey referred the genus doubtfully to the saxifrage family. In European greenhouses, Greyia is a shrub requiring full sunlight, thorough ripening of the wood and a season of rest before flowering. In Natal it flowers in Aug. or Sept.. which is early spring there. Europeans recommend a sandy loam. Prop, by seeds or by cuttings from half- ripened wood. {{SCH}} }} ==Cultivation== {{edit-cult}} ===Propagation=== {{edit-prop}} ===Pests and diseases=== {{edit-pests}} ==Species== It contains three species: * ''[[Greyia flanaganii]]'', Bolus * ''[[Greyia radlkoferi]]'' * ''[[Greyia sutherlandii]]'' ==Gallery== {{photo-sources}} <gallery> Image:Upload.png| photo 1 Image:Upload.png| photo 2 Image:Upload.png| photo 3 </gallery> ==References== *[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963    ==External links== *{{wplink}} {{stub}} __NOTOC__

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