FZ.4. Zeuxine Lindl.

Description of the genus

Terrestrial herbs with creeping rhizomes. Stems erect, leafy. Inflorescence terminal, erect. Flowers small (petals 4-6 mm in ours), not opening widely. Petals fused to the dorsal sepal to form a hood. Lateral sepals free to the base. Lip saccate at base, bearing 2 calli.

DRC: 2 taxa.

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Species	Botanical divisions	Content
elongata Rolfe
stammleri Schltr.

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Flora of Botswana: Zeuxine
Flora of Malawi: Zeuxine
Flora of Zambia: Zeuxine
Flora of Zimbabwe: Zeuxine

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