1168.000 Boophone Herb.

BOOPHANE Herb.

Description of the genus

Bulbous plants. Leaves sessile, distichous, strap-shaped and obtuse, arranged in a fan. Scape solid with flowers subtended by 2 free bracts. Flowers with pedicels considerably elongating in fruit, funnel-shaped, with tube shorter than segments. Ovary triquetrous. Capsule with 1 fleshy, spherical seed.

Worldwide: 6 species in southern and eastern Africa

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Species	FZ divisions	Content
disticha (L.f.) Herb.	T	Description, Image

Other sources of information about Boophone:

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

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: Boophone.
http://www.mozambiqueflora.com/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=363, retrieved 23 May 2013

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