1301.000 Hesperantha Ker Gawl.

SCHIZOSTYLIS Backh. & Harv.

Description of the genus

Perennial herbs, dying back each year, with corms. Inflorescence a spike. Floral bracts green or membranous above; the inner smaller than the outer. Flowers actinomorphic, usually white or pink, opening in the evening; tepals subequal, spreading or cup-shaped, united below into a straight or curved tube. Stamens symmetrically arranged. Style dividing at the mouth of the perianth tube into 3 large spreading branches. Fruit a capsule, sometimes dehiscing only in upper third. Seeds sometimes slightly winged.

Worldwide: c. 65-70 species in subsaharan Africa

Zimbabwe: 4 taxa.

Hesperantha petitiana

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

SpeciesFZ divisionsContent
ballii Wild[NrEnd][VU]EDescription, Image
coccinea (Backh. & Harv.) Goldblatt & J.C. ManningEDescription, Image
longicollis BakerW,CDescription
petitiana (A. Rich.) BakerEDescription, Image

Other sources of information about Hesperantha:

Our websites:

Flora of Botswana: Hesperantha
Flora of Malawi: Hesperantha
Flora of Mozambique: Hesperantha
Flora of Zambia: Hesperantha

External websites:

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Hesperantha
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Hesperantha
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Hesperantha
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Hesperantha
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Hesperantha
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Hesperantha
JSTOR Plant Science: Hesperantha
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Hesperantha
Plants of the World Online: Hesperantha
Tropicos: Hesperantha
Wikipedia: Hesperantha

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: Hesperantha.
https://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=385, retrieved 28 March 2024

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