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1272.000 Ferraria
Description of the genus
Perennial herbs, dying back each year, with corms. Foliage leaves several, in a distichous fan. Inflorescence composed of several rhipidia; rhipidia several-flowered; spathes herbaceous. Flowers actinomorphic, often dull-coloured and speckled, usually unpleasantly scented. Style branches 3, flattened, finely fringed above; stigma lobe abaxial at base of the fringe. Anthers appressed to the style branches. Fruit a capsule. Worldwide: 10 species in tropical and South Africa Botswana: 1 taxon. |
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Links to taxa: View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this genus
| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| glutinosa (Baker) Rendle | N,SW,SE | Description, Image |
Other sources of information about Ferraria:
Our websites:
Flora of Malawi: FerrariaFlora of Zambia: Ferraria
Flora of Zimbabwe: Ferraria
External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): FerrariaBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Ferraria
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Ferraria
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Ferraria
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Ferraria
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Ferraria
JSTOR Plant Science: Ferraria
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Ferraria
Plants of the World Online: Ferraria
Tropicos: Ferraria
Wikipedia: Ferraria
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