FZ.21. Satyrium Sw.

Description of the genus

Terrestrial herbs, growing from tubers. Leaves ± basal on the flowering stem or on a separate shoot with sheathing leaves along the flowering stem. Inflorescence few to many-flowered; bracts often large and reflexed. Flowers non-resupinate. Petals and sepals similar, often partly united with the lip. Lip forming a hood with broad or narrow mouth, 2-spurred from the base; spurs rarely 0. Column inside the lip; pollinia 2.

Worldwide: Over 100 species, mostly in Africa, with 5 in Madagascar and 2 in Asia.

Caprivi: 10 cultivated taxa.

Satyrium coriophoroides

Links to cultivated taxa    View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this genus

SpeciesContent
amblyosaccos Schltr. Description, Image
breve RolfeDescription, Image
carsonii Rolfe Description, Image
coriophoroides A. Rich.Description, Image
crassicaule Rendle Description, Image
kitimboense Kraenzl.Description, Image
orbiculare Rolfe Description, Image
sphaeranthum Schltr.
trinerve Lindl.Description, Image
volkensii Schltr.Description, Image

Other sources of information about Satyrium:

Our websites:

Flora of Malawi: Satyrium
Flora of Mozambique: Satyrium
Flora of Zambia: Satyrium
Flora of Zimbabwe: Satyrium

External websites:

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Satyrium
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Satyrium
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Satyrium
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Satyrium
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Satyrium
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Satyrium
JSTOR Plant Science: Satyrium
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Satyrium
Plants of the World Online: Satyrium
Tropicos: Satyrium
Wikipedia: Satyrium

Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2014-24

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Caprivi: Cultivated plants: genus page: Satyrium.
https://www.capriviflora.com/cult/genus.php?genus_id=421, retrieved 29 April 2024

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