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Asphodelaceae - Asphodel family
Kativu, S. (2001) Asphodelaceae FZ 12(3)
Description of the family
Perennial herbs with rhizomes; these yellow inside. Roots fibrous, sometimes swollen, occasionally with tubers. Leaves in a basal rosette, rarely on a short woody stem, the plants occasionally flowering before the leaves. Peduncle mostly naked, occasionally with a few bracts below the inflorescence. Inflorescence simple or paniculate. Flowers subtended by a single bract. Flowers bisexual, hypogynous, actinomorphic; perianth segments in 2 whorls of 3, white, greenish- or yellowish-white, pink yellow or red. Stamens also in 2 whorls of 3. Ovary 3-locular. Fruit a loculicidal capsule. Seeds brown or greyish-black, dull, enveloped by a thin aril. Worldwide: 17 genera and 750 species, Europe to C Asia and Africa especially S Africa. |
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More sample images from the Asphodelaceae (Click on each image to see a larger version and details of the record)
Links to genera: View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this family
| Genus | Content |
| Bulbine Wolf | Description, Image |
| Jodrellia Baijnath | Description |
| Kniphofia Moench | Description, Image |
| Trachyandra Kunth | Description, Image |
Other sources of information about Asphodelaceae:
Flora of Mozambique: AsphodelaceaeGRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Asphodelaceae
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