FZ.12. Centrostigma Schltr.

Description of the genus

Terrestrial herbs. Stems unbranched, leafy. Inflorescence terminal. Flowers resupinate. Sepals and petals free. Lip united to column at base, 3-lobed, side-lobes pectinately-toothed; spur cylindric. Column erect. Pollinaria 2. Stigmatic arms divided into 2 elongated branches, the lower fertile and capitate, the upper sterile and horn-like.

Differs from Habenaria in having branched stigmatic arms.

Worldwide: 5 species in tropical Africa

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Species	Links to maps	FZ divisions	Content
occultans (Rchb. f.) Schltr.[EN]	Altitude Rainfall Geology	C,E
papillosum Summerh.	Altitude Rainfall Geology	C

Other sources of information about Centrostigma:

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

Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings, 2002-13

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. & Ballings, P. (2013). Flora of Zimbabwe: Genus page: Centrostigma.
http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=412, retrieved 20 May 2013

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