1082.000 Drimia Jacq. ex Willd.

Kativu, S. & Drummond, R.B. (1994) New combination in the genus Thuranthos C.H. Wright and a new record for T. macranthum (Baker) C.H. Wright in Zimbabwe Kirkia 15(1) 112-116

Description of the genus

Bulbous, perennial herbs. Leaves and inflorescences arising from separate buds. Leaves 1-many, linear to lorate. Flowers in cylindric or subcapitate racemes, rarely pendulous. Bracts long-acuminate, at least the lower spurred. Flowers white, mauve, brown or green with a dark midrib. Perianth of 6 free or fused, patent or erecto-patent, segments. Stamens 6, with filaments erect and ± connivent or spreading. Ovary 3-locular; ovules many. Capsule spherical to ovoid, loculicidal. Seeds flat, winged, black, shiny, papillose.

Worldwide: 120 species in S Europe, Africa and Asia

Zimbabwe: 7 taxa.

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Species	FZ divisions	Content
altissima (L.f.) Ker Gawl.	N,W,C,E,S	Description, Image
calcarata (Baker) Stedje	N,C,E,S	Description, Image
elata Jacq. ex Willd.	N,W,C,E	Description, Image
indica (Roxb.) Jessop	N,C	Image
macrantha (Baker) Baker	N,C	Image
multisetosa (Baker) Jessop	N,C,E	Description, Image
sanguinea (Schinz) Jessop	W,C,S	Description, Image

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