Zygotritonia nyassana
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Photo: Warren McCleland
Katanga, DRC.
Photo: Warren McCleland
Katanga, DRC.
Photo: Warren McCleland
Katanga, DRC.
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Zygotritonia giorgii De Wild. Zygotritonia gracillima Mildbr. Zygotritonia homblei De Wild. |
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Perennial herb, 20-45 cm high, growing from a corm 15-20 mm in diameter. Foliage leaves 3-4, lanceolate to nearly linear, 4-14 mm wide, plicate to weakly folded, lowermost basal and reaching up to the base of the inflorescence. Flowering stem usually 3-4-branched, rarely simple. Main flowering spike 20-flowered or more. Flowers cream to greenish, reddish or purple. Tepals more or less linear-spathulate; upper tepal longest, 10-12 mm long. Filaments c. 10 mm long; style reaching to about the middle of the anthers. Capsule 3-4 mm long. |
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Tanzania |
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| Derivation of specific name: | nyassana: of Nyassa, referring to the area of Lake Nyassa. |
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| Flowering time: | Dec - Mar |
| Worldwide distribution: | Southern DRC, Southwestern Tanzania, northern Malawi and Zambia. |
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| Literature: |
Goldblatt, P. (1993). Iridaceae Flora Zambesiaca 12(4) Pages 57 - 59. (Includes a picture). Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 116. |
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