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FZ.11. Bonatea
Description of the genus
Terrestrial herbs with fleshy, tuberous roots. Stem leafy. Inflorescence terminal. Flowers resupinate. Dorsal sepal free; laterals partly united. Petals 2-lobed. Lip free from the column, 3-lobed, bearing a cylindric spur. Stigmas projecting from the front of the column. Worldwide: 20 species in tropical and South Africa; also Arabia 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 |
| antennifera Rolfe | W,S | Description |
| cassidea Sond. | E | Description |
| speciosa (L.f.) Willd.[DD] | W,C,E,S | Description, Image |
| steudneri (Rchb. f.) T. Durand & Schinz | W,C,E,S | Description, Image |
Other sources of information about Bonatea:
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Flora of Botswana: BonateaFlora of Burundi: Bonatea
Flora of Caprivi: Bonatea
Flora of the DRC: Bonatea
Flora of Mozambique: Bonatea
Flora of Rwanda: Bonatea
Flora of Zambia: Bonatea
External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): BonateaBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Bonatea
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Bonatea
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Bonatea
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Bonatea
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Bonatea
JSTOR Plant Science: Bonatea
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Bonatea
Plants of the World Online: Bonatea
Tropicos: Bonatea
Wikipedia: Bonatea
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