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1301.000 Hesperantha
SCHIZOSTYLIS Backh. & Harv.
Description of the genus
Perennial herbs, dying back each year, with corms. Inflorescence a spike. Floral bracts green or membranous above; the inner smaller than the outer. Flowers actinomorphic, usually white or pink, opening in the evening; tepals subequal, spreading or cup-shaped, united below into a straight or curved tube. Stamens symmetrically arranged. Style dividing at the mouth of the perianth tube into 3 large spreading branches. Fruit a capsule, sometimes dehiscing only in upper third. Seeds sometimes slightly winged. Worldwide: c. 65-70 species in subsaharan Africa Zimbabwe: 4 taxa. |
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Links to taxa: View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this genus
| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| ballii Wild[NrEnd][VU] | E | Description, Image |
| coccinea (Backh. & Harv.) Goldblatt & J.C. Manning | E | Description, Image |
| longicollis Baker | W,C | Description |
| petitiana (A. Rich.) Baker | E | Description, Image |
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External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): HesperanthaBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Hesperantha
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Hesperantha
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Hesperantha
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Hesperantha
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Hesperantha
JSTOR Plant Science: Hesperantha
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Hesperantha
Plants of the World Online: Hesperantha
Tropicos: Hesperantha
Wikipedia: Hesperantha
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