1292.000 Eleutherine Herb.

ELEUTHRINE G. Forst.

Standley, P.C. & Steyermark, J.A. (1952) Flora of Guatemala Chicago Natural History Museum

Description of the genus

Glabrous, perennial herbs, arising from purple or purple-brown tunicate bulbs. Leaves few, broad, strongly plicate. Spathes 1 or 2, several flowered; inflorescence pseudo-lateral, pedunculate. Perianth tube 0; segments ± equal, spreading, obovate-cuneate. Stamens borne at base of segments, alternating with the style-arms. Style very short. capsule oblong.

Worldwide: 2 species occurring from Mexico, Central America and the West Indies to South America; cultivated elsewhere, for example in South Africa and Mozambique.

Mozambique: 1 taxon.

Eleutherine bulbosa

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SpeciesFZ divisionsContent
bulbosa (Mill.) Urb.GIDescription, Image

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Flora of Mozambique: cultivated Eleutherine
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ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Eleutherine
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GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Eleutherine
Wikipedia: Eleutherine
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Eleutherine
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Eleutherine

Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave 2007-23

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2023). Flora of Mozambique: Genus page: Eleutherine.
https://www.mozambiqueflora.com/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=2434, retrieved 25 March 2023

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