1011.000 Bowiea Harv. ex Hook. F.

Description of the genus

Bulbous, perennial herbs. Leaves 1-few, filiform, soon caducous. Stem (inflorescence) usually climbing, bright green or glaucous, copiously and intricately branched; branches reflexed-spreading. succulent, green. Bracts minute, spurred. Flowers very numerous, green, yellowish-green or white, diurnal. Perianth segments 6, lobes spreading or reflexed, remaining attached to base of capsule in fruit. Capsule subspherical to conical, loculicidal. Seeds flattened, black, shiny.

Worldwide: 1 species in southern and East Africa

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Other sources of information about Bowiea:

Flora of Zimbabwe: Bowiea
ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Bowiea
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Bowiea
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Bowiea
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Bowiea
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Bowiea
Kew Monocotyledon checklist: Bowiea

Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Stefaan Dondeyne 2007-13

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Dondeyne, S. (2013). Flora of Mozambique: Genus page: Bowiea.
http://www.mozambiqueflora.com/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=344, retrieved 22 May 2013

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