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1314.000 Lapeirousia
Goldblatt, P. & Manning, J.C. (2015) Systematics and Biology of Lapeirousia, Codonorhiza, Psilosiphon and Schizorhiza in Southern Africa Strelitzia 35 South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria
Description of the genus
Perennial herbs, dying back each year, with flat-based bell-shaped corms. Foliage leaves 1-several. Inflorescence usually a much-branched panicle or a simple to branched spike or flowers clustered at ground level. Flowers actinomorphic or zygomorphic, blue, purple, red, white or pink; tepals connate into a perianth tube, equal or subequal. Fruit a capsule. Derivation of name: Named in honour of Compte de la Peyrouse, 18th century French patron of science. Comment: Many species formerly placed under Lapeirousia have now been moved to Afrosolen. Worldwide: 27 species in subsaharan Africa, especially in the Southwestern coastal regions. Botswana: 3 taxa. |
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Links to taxa: View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this genus
| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| caudata Schinz | N,SW | Description, Image |
| littoralis Baker | SE | |
| odoratissima Baker | Description, Image |
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External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): LapeirousiaBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Lapeirousia
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Lapeirousia
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Lapeirousia
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IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Lapeirousia
JSTOR Plant Science: Lapeirousia
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Lapeirousia
Plants of the World Online: Lapeirousia
Tropicos: Lapeirousia
Wikipedia: Lapeirousia
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