Flora of Caprivi: Cultivated plants
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1230.000 Hypoxis
Description of the genus
Herbaceous geophyte with a fibrous base and with a corm. Leaves basal, sessile, with a sheathing base; outermost reduced to cataphylls. Indumentum of 2-armed or stellate hairs. Inflorescence a raceme or corymb or flowers solitary. Flowers without a perianth tube. Tepals in two series of 3; yellow inside, hairy on the outer side. Fruit a capsule. Seeds not strophiolate, smooth or (often) papillose Worldwide: 150 species in warm and tropical regions, most frequent in the southern hemisphere Caprivi: 7 cultivated taxa. |
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Links to cultivated taxa View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this genus
| Species | Content |
| angustifolia Lam. | Description, Image |
| filiformis Baker | Description, Image |
| kilimanjarica Baker[Agg] | |
| kilimanjarica Baker subsp. kilimanjarica | |
| monanthos Baker | |
| polystachya Welw. ex Baker | Description, Image |
| urceolata Nel |
Other sources of information about Hypoxis:
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Flora of Botswana: HypoxisFlora of Malawi: Hypoxis
Flora of Mozambique: Hypoxis
Flora of Zambia: Hypoxis
Flora of Zimbabwe: Hypoxis
External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): HypoxisBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Hypoxis
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Hypoxis
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Hypoxis
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Hypoxis
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Hypoxis
JSTOR Plant Science: Hypoxis
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Hypoxis
Plants of the World Online: Hypoxis
Tropicos: Hypoxis
Wikipedia: Hypoxis
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