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1011.000 Bowiea
Description of the genus
Bulbous, perennial herbs. Leaves 1-few, filiform, soon caducous. Stem (inflorescence) usually climbing, bright green or glaucous, copiously and intricately branched; branches reflexed-spreading. succulent, green. Bracts minute, spurred. Flowers very numerous, green, yellowish-green or white, diurnal. Perianth segments 6, lobes spreading or reflexed, remaining attached to base of capsule in fruit. Capsule subspherical to conical, loculicidal. Seeds flattened, black, shiny. Worldwide: 1 species in southern and East Africa Zimbabwe: 1 taxon. |
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| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| volubilis Harv. ex Hook. f. | N,W,C,E,S | Description, Image |
Other sources of information about Bowiea:
Our websites:
Flora of Malawi: BowieaFlora of Mozambique: Bowiea
Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Bowiea
External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): BowieaBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Bowiea
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Bowiea
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Bowiea
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Bowiea
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Bowiea
JSTOR Plant Science: Bowiea
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Bowiea
Plants of the World Online: Bowiea
Tropicos: Bowiea
Wikipedia: Bowiea
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