Camptorrhiza strumosa (Baker) Oberm.

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Near the hide at Shumba, Hwange National Park.

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Near Towa airstrip, Matabeleland South

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Synonyms:	Camptorrhiza flexuosa (Baker) Sterling Camptorrhiza junodii (Schinz) Sterling Camptorrhiza schlechteri (Engl.) E. Phillips Iphigenia dinteri Dammer Iphigenia flexuosa Baker Iphigenia guineensis Baker Iphigenia junodii Schinz Iphigenia schlechteri Engl. Iphigenia strumosa Baker Iphigeniopsis flexuosa (Baker) Buxb. Iphigeniopsis junodii (Schinz) Buxb. Iphigeniopsis schlechteri (Engl.) Buxb. Iphigeniopsis strumosa (Baker) Buxb.
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Status:	Native
Description:	Perennial herb up to 40 cm high, growing from a small ovoid corm, attached to a knee-shaped tuber. Leaves several to numerous along the stem, narrowly linear, 7-14 cm long, folded, grading into small bracts. Flowers leaf-opposed on pedicels 2-3 cm long, greenish, yellow-green or brownish, usually with deep purple swellings at the base of the stamens. Capsule pendent, globose or pear-shaped, 1-2 cm long.
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Habitat:	On sandy soils in dry woodland.
Altitude range: (metres)	Up to 1100 m
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Worldwide distribution:	Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Namibia and South Africa.
Zimbabwe distribution:	N,W,E,S
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Images last updated:	Friday 20 November 2015
Literature:	Bandeira, S., Bolnick, D. & Barbosa, F. (2007). Wild Flowers of Southern Mozambique Universidade Eduardo Mondlane, Maputo, Mozambique Pages 53 - 54. (Includes a picture). Chapano, C. & Mugarisanwa, N.H. (2003). Plants of the Matobo District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 7. Da Silva, M.C., Izidine, S. & Amude, A.B. (2004). A preliminary checklist of the vascular plants of Mozambique. Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 30 Sabonet, Pretoria Page 121. La Croix, I. (2009). Colchicaceae Flora Zambesiaca 12(2) Pages 193 - 195. (Includes a picture). Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 86. Maroyi, A (2002). Colchicaceae in Zimbabwe Kirkia 18(1) Page 9. Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 117.

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