FZ.7. Neobolusia Schltr.

Description of the genus

Terrestrial herbs with tuberous roots. Leaves basal and cauline, few. Flowers in a lax sessile spike. Sepals free. Petals very oblique, attached to column below. Lip entire or (in ours) 3-lobed, neither saccate nor spurred; basal part with a callus. Column erect, slender. Pollinia granular; caudicles short; viscidia rather large, naked.

Zimbabwe: 2 taxa.

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SpeciesFZ divisionsContent
ciliata Summerh.[NrEnd][VU]C,EDescription, Image
stolzii Schltr. var. glabripetala Summerh.[End][VU]EDescription

Other sources of information about Neobolusia:

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Flora of Malawi: Neobolusia
Flora of Mozambique: Neobolusia
Flora of Zambia: Neobolusia

External websites:

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Neobolusia
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Neobolusia
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Neobolusia
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Neobolusia
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Neobolusia
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Neobolusia
JSTOR Plant Science: Neobolusia
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Neobolusia
Plants of the World Online: Neobolusia
Tropicos: Neobolusia
Wikipedia: Neobolusia

Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2002-24

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Zimbabwe: Genus page: Neobolusia.
https://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=407, retrieved 29 March 2024

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