dc:description"Figure 138. Habit and armature of the genera of the Neltuma clade A shrub of Xerocladia viridiramis Taub. in the Namib desert, Namibia B small tree of Strombocarpa tamarugo (Phil.) C. E Hughes & G. P. Lewis, on the Pampa del Tamarugal in the Atacama desert, northern Chile C shrubby treelet of Strombocarpa ferox (Griseb.) C. E. Hughes & G. P. Lewis in seasonally dry tropical scrubland in southern Bolivia D small tree of Neltuma kuntzei (Harms ex C. E. O. Kuntze) C. E. Hughes & G. P. Lewis in seasonally dry tropical forest in southern Bolivia E small tree of Neltuma juliflora (Sw.) Raf. in seasonally dry tropical scrubland on deep black vertisol soil in central Nicaragua F straight cylindrical spinescent shoots of the sub-aphyllous Neltuma kuntzei G short recurved stipular spines and unijugate leaves of Xerocladia viridiramis H slender pale whitish stipular spines, unijugate leaves, and globose to ovoid-elliptic capitula of Strombocarpa strombulifera (Lam.) A. Gray I axillary nodal spine of Neltuma juliflora, central Nicaragua. Photo credits A H Kolberg, Plants of Namibia https: // herbaria. plants. ox. ac. uk / bol / Namibia B O Whaley C-F, I CE Hughes G GN Dreber https: // www. southernafricanplants. net / plantdata _ sub. php? Mspec _ ID = 6570 H Guillermo Debandi, iNaturalist (https: // guatemala. inaturalist. org / photos / 1502506).";
dc:description"Figure 139. Inflorescences and fruits of the genera of the Neltuma clade A capitulum of Xerocladia viridiramis Taub. B spike of Strombocarpa palmeri (S. Watson) C. E. Hughes & G. P. Lewis C spike of Strombocarpa tamarugo (Phil.) C. E Hughes & G. P. Lewis D erect spike of Neltuma rubriflora (Hassl.) C. E. Hughes & G. P. Lewis E pendulous spikes of Neltuma flexuosa (DC.) C. E. Hughes & G. P. Lewis, Antofagasta, Chile F spikes of Neltuma laevigata (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) Britton & Rose, south-central Mexico G indehiscent pods of Neltuma laevigata, south-central Mexico H unripe winged monospermous fruits of Xerocladia viridiramis in the Namib desert, Namibia I ripe fruits of Strombocarpa tamarugo, Atacama desert, northern Chile J spirally coiled indehiscent ' screw-bean' legumes of Strombocarpa strombulifera (Lam.) A. Gray. Photo credits A, H H Kolberg, Plants of Namibia https: // herbaria. plants. ox. ac. uk / bol / namibia) B, F, G CE Hughes C, I O Whaley D X Enboc- Encontro de Botanicos do Centro Oeste E P Hechenleitner J Dick Culbert.";
dc:description"Figure 140. Distribution of Xerocladia based on quality-controlled digitised herbarium records. See Suppl. material 1 for the source of occurrence data.";