Flora of Zimbabwe: Cultivated plants
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1194.000 Ismene
Fayaz, F. (2011) Encyclopedia of Tropical Plants Firefly Books, New Zealand
Description of the genus
Perennial herb; bulb ovoid or globose; often extending into neck of clasping distichous leaf bases. Leaves 2-16 sessile, rarely petiolate. Inflorescence umbellate; 1-16 flowered; flowers usually sessile, erect or slightly diverging; bracts 2-3. Flowers large, star-like, fragrant; perianth connate basally into a long or short tube surmounted by conspicuous staminal corona; ovary inferior. Fruit capsule, green; trilocular, large, leathery. Seeds large, green fleshy. Worldwide: 30-40 species in warm regions of America Zimbabwe: 1 cultivated taxon. |
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| Species | Content |
| narcissiflora (Jacq.) M. Roem. | Image |
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External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): IsmeneBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Ismene
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Ismene
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Ismene
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Ismene
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Ismene
JSTOR Plant Science: Ismene
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Ismene
Plants of the World Online: Ismene
Tropicos: Ismene
Wikipedia: Ismene
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