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Colchicaceae - Flame lily family
La Croix, I. (2009) Colchicaceae Flora Zambesiaca 12(2)
Maroyi, A (2002) Colchicaceae in Zimbabwe Kirkia 18(1) 1-10
Description of the family
Rootstock a corm, rarely a tuber. Leaves few and mainly basal or borne on leafy, sometimes branched, stems. Flowers solitary or in racemes, actinomorphic, bisexual. Perianth in two whorls of 3, connate at the base or free. Stamens 6. Ovary superior, 3-locular. Fruit usually a septicidal capsule. Seeds glabrous. Worldwide: 15 genera and 165 species, Australia and South Africa to Western Europe and Western Asia. Zimbabwe: 2 cultivated genera and 2 cultivated taxa. |
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Links to cultivated genera: View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this family
| Genus | Content |
| Gloriosa L. | Description, Image |
| Littonia Hook. | Description, Image |
Other sources of information about Colchicaceae:
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Flora of Botswana: ColchicaceaeFlora of Caprivi: Colchicaceae
Flora of Malawi: Colchicaceae
Flora of Mozambique: Colchicaceae
Flora of Zambia: Colchicaceae
Flora of Zimbabwe: Colchicaceae
External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): ColchicaceaeGoogle: Web - Images - Scholar
GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Colchicaceae
Wikipedia: Colchicaceae
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