1084.000 Dipcadi Medik.

Martinez-Azorin, M., Crespo, M.B., Juan, A. & Fay, M.F. (2011) Molecular phylogenetics of subfamily Ornithogaloideae (Hyacinthaceae) based on nuclear and plastid DNA regions, including a new taxonomic arrangement Annals of Botany 107 1-37

Description of the genus

Bulbous, perennial herbs. Leaves basal, linear, margin smooth, undulate, ciliate or papillose. Flowers in a simple raceme, often secund, green or brown. Bracts present. Perianth of 6 segments in 2 whorls of 3; fused below, forming a tube; lobes of 3 outer segments usually spreading; apex hooded and, in some species, abruptly narrowed into a tail-like appendage; inner similar but with no appendage and often connivent with only the tip curved outwards. Stamens 6. Ovary 3-locular. Capsule ovoid. Seeds flat, round, black, shiny, papillose.

Worldwide: c. 30 species in the Mediterranean region, Africa and SW Asia

Zimbabwe: 8 taxa.

Dipcadi platyphyllum

Links to taxa:     View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this genus

SpeciesFZ divisionsContent
glaucum (Ker Gawl.) BakerN,W,E,SDescription, Image
gracillimum BakerN,W,C,E,S
longifolium (Lindl.) BakerN,W,C,E,SDescription, Image
marlothii Engl.W,C,E,SDescription, Image
papillatum Oberm.W
platyphyllum BakerN,W,CDescription, Image
rigidifolium BakerC
viride (L.) MoenchN,W,C,E,SDescription, Image

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Wikipedia: Dipcadi

Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2002-24

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Zimbabwe: Genus page: Dipcadi.
https://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=349, retrieved 3 December 2024

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