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975.000 Iphigenia
Description of the genus
Herbs with a corm. Stems with 1-2 tubular basal spathes. Leaves: lowest 1-3 with a free tubular sheathing base and a linear to filiform lamina; upper sessile, decurrent. Flowers 3-10 in a lax, scorpioid cyme; pedicels recurved. Perianth segments 6, free, caducous. Stamens 6. Ovary 3-locular. Style very short, 1. Seeds spherical, papillose. Worldwide: 15 species widely distributed in Africa, Madagascar, Socotra, India, Australia and New Zealand Zimbabwe: 1 taxon. |
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Other sources of information about Iphigenia:
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Flora of Botswana: IphigeniaFlora of Malawi: Iphigenia
Flora of Mozambique: Iphigenia
Flora of Zambia: Iphigenia
External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): IphigeniaBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Iphigenia
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Iphigenia
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Iphigenia
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Iphigenia
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Iphigenia
JSTOR Plant Science: Iphigenia
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Iphigenia
Plants of the World Online: Iphigenia
Tropicos: Iphigenia
Wikipedia: Iphigenia
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