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1306.010 Crocosmia
CURTONUS N.E. Br.
Description of the genus
Perennial herbs, dying back each year, with corms. Foliage leaves mostly basal, plane or plicate. Flowers actinomorphic (aurea) or zygomorphic (paniculata) with stamens arched under the upper tepal; in shades of orange to red; tepals united into a perianth tube. Stamens and style well exserted from the tepals. Fruit a capsule. Seeds spherical, hard, shiny. Worldwide: 9 species in tropical and South Africa Zimbabwe: 2 taxa. |
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| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| aurea (Pappe ex Hook.) Planch. subsp. aurea | C,E | Description, Image |
| paniculata (Klatt) Goldblatt | E |
Key to Species
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Flora of Caprivi: cultivated CrocosmiaFlora of Malawi: Crocosmia
Flora of Mozambique: Crocosmia
Flora of Zambia: Crocosmia
Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Crocosmia
External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): CrocosmiaBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Crocosmia
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Crocosmia
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Crocosmia
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Crocosmia
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Crocosmia
JSTOR Plant Science: Crocosmia
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Crocosmia
Plants of the World Online: Crocosmia
Tropicos: Crocosmia
Wikipedia: Crocosmia
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