FZ.12. Centrostigma
Description of the genus
Terrestrial herbs. Stems unbranched, leafy. Inflorescence terminal. Flowers resupinate. Sepals and petals free. Lip united to column at base, 3-lobed, side-lobes pectinately-toothed; spur cylindric. Column erect. Pollinaria 2. Stigmatic arms divided into 2 elongated branches, the lower fertile and capitate, the upper sterile and horn-like. Differs from Habenaria in having branched stigmatic arms. Derivation of name: from the Greek kentron, a spur and stigma, referring to the horn-like upper branch of the flower’s stigmatic processes Worldwide: 5 species in tropical Africa Zimbabwe: 2 taxa. |
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Links to taxa: View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this genus
| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| occultans (Rchb. f.) Schltr. [EN] | C,E | Description, Image |
| papillosum Summerh. | C | Description, Image |
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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): CentrostigmaBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Centrostigma
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Centrostigma
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Centrostigma
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iNaturalist: Centrostigma
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Centrostigma
JSTOR Plant Science: Centrostigma
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Centrostigma
Plants of the World Online: Centrostigma
Tropicos: Centrostigma
Wikipedia: Centrostigma