Spermatophyta: Monocotyledonae: Liliales

Colchicaceae - Flame lily family

La Croix, I. (2009) Colchicaceae Flora Zambesiaca 12(2)

Maroyi, A (2002) Colchicaceae in Zimbabwe Kirkia 18(1) 1-10

Description of the family

Rootstock a corm, rarely a tuber. Leaves few and mainly basal or borne on leafy, sometimes branched, stems. Flowers solitary or in racemes, actinomorphic, bisexual. Perianth in two whorls of 3, connate at the base or free. Stamens 6. Ovary superior, 3-locular. Fruit usually a septicidal capsule. Seeds glabrous.

Worldwide: 15 genera and 165 species, Australia and South Africa to Western Europe and Western Asia.

Zimbabwe: 2 cultivated genera and 2 cultivated taxa.

Links to cultivated genera: View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this family

Genus	Content
Gloriosa L.	Description, Image
Littonia Hook.	Description, Image

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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Colchicaceae
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IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Colchicaceae
JSTOR Plant Science: Colchicaceae
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Colchicaceae
Wikipedia: Colchicaceae
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Tropicos: Colchicaceae