FZ.9. Holothrix Lindl.

Description of the genus

Terrestrial herbs with tubers. Leaves 1-2, radical, appressed to ground, sessile, ovate or circular. Scape erect, unbranched. Flowers sessile or ± so, often secund. Sepals subequal, free, green. Petals entire or lobed, often fleshy. Lip lobed or toothed, spurred, adnate to column at base. Column very short. Pollinia granular; caudicles very short; viscidia small, naked.

Worldwide: 50-60 species in trop. Africa, South Africa and trop. Arabia.

Zimbabwe: 5 taxa.

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Species	FZ divisions	Content
macowaniana Rchb. f.[LR-nt]	E
micrantha Schltr.[DD]	E
orthoceras (Harv.) Rchb. f.	E
randii Rendle	N,C,E
villosa Lindl.	E

Other sources of information about Holothrix:

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Flora of Malawi: Holothrix
Flora of Mozambique: Holothrix
Flora of Zambia: Holothrix

External websites:

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

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: Holothrix.
https://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=409, retrieved 19 April 2024

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