Evergreen, perennial herbs, dying back each year, with corms, these coarsely fibrous. Inflorescence composed of spikes in a lax panicle; spikes pendulous, rarely erect (D. plowesii), terminal on wiry, lateral branches. Flowers actinomorphic, campanulate, pink, pendent (apart from D. plowesii). Bracts scarious. Tepals with a short perianth tube. Stamens and style not exserted beyond the tepals. Fruit a capsule. Worldwide: 44 species from the mountains of E Africa to the Cape Mozambique: 4 taxa. |
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| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| formosum Hilliard | MS | |
| formosum/plowesii intermediates | MS | Description |
| inyangense Hilliard & B.L. Burtt[NrEnd] | MS | Description, Image |
| plowesii Hilliard[NrEnd] | MS? |