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1303.000 Dierama - Wandflowers
Description of the genus
Evergreen, perennial herbs, dying back each year, with corms, these coarsely fibrous. Inflorescence composed of spikes in a lax panicle; spikes pendulous, rarely erect (D. plowesii), terminal on wiry, lateral branches. Flowers actinomorphic, campanulate, pink, pendent (apart from D. plowesii). Bracts scarious. Tepals with a short perianth tube. Stamens and style not exserted beyond the tepals. Fruit a capsule. Worldwide: 44 species from the mountains of E Africa to the Cape Zimbabwe: 6 taxa. |
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| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| formosum Hilliard | E | |
| formosum × plowesii hybrid | E | |
| formosum/plowesii intermediates | E | Description |
| inyangense Hilliard & B.L. Burtt[NrEnd] | E | Description, Image |
| pauciflorum N.E. Br. | E | |
| plowesii Hilliard[NrEnd] | E |
Other sources of information about Dierama:
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Flora of Malawi: DieramaFlora of Mozambique: Dierama
Flora of Zambia: Dierama
Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Dierama
External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): DieramaBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Dierama
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Dierama
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Dierama
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Dierama
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Dierama
JSTOR Plant Science: Dierama
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Dierama
Plants of the World Online: Dierama
Tropicos: Dierama
Wikipedia: Dierama
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