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903.000 Coleotrype
Description of the genus
Perennial herbs. Leaves alternate, sheathing at the base. Flowers in axillary, sessile, contracted cymes perforating the leaf-sheaths, actinomorphic to slightly zygomorphic, bisexual. Sepals 3, free or fused basally. Corolla 3-lobed, tubular in the basal part. Stamens 6. Filaments bearded. Ovary 3-locular. Derivation of name: Coleotrype: sheath-borer, referring to the inflorescence piercing through the leaf-sheath. Worldwide: 9 species, in Africa and Madagascar. Zimbabwe: 1 taxon. |
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| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| natalensis C.B. Clarke | E | Description, Image |
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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): ColeotrypeBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Coleotrype
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Coleotrype
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iNaturalist: Coleotrype
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Coleotrype
JSTOR Plant Science: Coleotrype
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Coleotrype
Plants of the World Online: Coleotrype
Tropicos: Coleotrype
Wikipedia: Coleotrype
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