1168.000 Boophone Herb.

BOOPHANE Herb.

Description of the genus

Bulbous plants. Leaves sessile, distichous, strap-shaped and obtuse, arranged in a fan. Scape solid with flowers subtended by 2 free bracts. Flowers with pedicels considerably elongating in fruit, funnel-shaped, with tube shorter than segments. Ovary triquetrous. Capsule with 1 fleshy, spherical seed.

Derivation of name: from Greek: bous, meaning an ox and phonos meaning murder, referring to the poisonous properties of the bulb.

Worldwide: 6 species in southern and eastern Africa.

Caprivi: 1 cultivated taxon.

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Species	Content
disticha (L.f.) Herb.	Description, Image

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Flora of Botswana: Boophone
Flora of Malawi: Boophone
Flora of Mozambique: Boophone
Flora of Zambia: Boophone
Flora of Zimbabwe: Boophone

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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Boophone
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iNaturalist: Boophone
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Boophone
JSTOR Plant Science: Boophone
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Boophone
Plants of the World Online: Boophone
Tropicos: Boophone
Wikipedia: Boophone