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Staples, G.W. & Herbst, D.R. (2005) A Tropical Garden Flora; plants cultivated in the Hawaiian islands and other tropical places. Bishop Museum Press, Honolulu, Hawaii.
Epiphytic, rock-dwelling or terrestrial herbs, offsets often present. Leaves in funnel-shaped or tubular rosettes fleshy, often banded or spotted with scales; bases sheathing; margins spiny; apex broad. Inflorescence sometimes branched; scape curved; apex usually pendent; stalk often scaly; scape bracts large, often reddish. Flower bracts small or absent. Fruit a berry. Worldwide: C. 55 species, native from southern Mexico to northern Argentina. Zimbabwe: 1 cultivated taxon. |
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